Official breaks silence after union pressured Oakland to pay huge teacher salaries

Fonte: New York Post

An Oakland school board member broke his silence after a teachers’ union pressured the broke California city to pay huge teacher salaries, saying there’s “no way we can pay for it. ” Last week, Oakland Unified School District and its teachers reached a tentative contract agreement to avoid a strike, but now OUSD board director Mike Hutchinson said the massive offer should’ve never been made. The district is already facing a $100 million deficit and Hutchinson said the current pay hike to give teachers an increase of between 11% and 13% from now until June 2027 will put the school district in a deeper financial hole.