Sick-Out Forces Closure Of 53 Detroit Schools

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Sick-Out Forces Closure Of 53 Detroit Schools

Teachers Protesting Pay Cuts

POSTED: 10:55 am EST March 22, 2006
UPDATED: 12:23 pm EST March 22, 2006

DETROIT -- A teacher sick-out has led to the closure of 53 schools in Detroit Wednesday.

Teachers called in sick to protest pay raises for administrators and pay cuts for teachers, WDIV-TV reported.

Teachers had money taken out of their paychecks this pay period as a loan for the financially strapped Detroit Public Schools, but teachers were upset to learn that some principals and other administrators are set to receive an 11 percent pay raise, the station reported. <snip>

http://www.nbc17.com/education/8185596/detail.html

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