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Parents and students urge pay for teachers who covered classes without promised compensation

Orange County Board of Education · April 20, 2026
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Summary

Public commenters at the board meeting urged the district to compensate teachers who covered classes after staff terminations, saying the extra work was expected to be temporary and that failing to pay sets a damaging precedent.

Three public commenters used the board’s public-comment period to press the district to compensate teachers who covered classes without receiving promised pay.

Christina Clark told the board she was speaking "for my colleagues," saying history teachers stepped in when classes lost instructors and that promises of pay were not kept. "My colleagues' feelings of…

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