Stockton Teachers Reject District’s Contract Offer; Substitutes Being Hired
Teachers here ended Christmas vacation Tuesday by manning picket lines.
The Stockton Unified School District’s latest offer was rejected by 89% of the Stockton Teachers Assn. members during a special meeting on New Year’s night, said Milly Bettinger of the California Teachers Assn.
The 1,410-teacher district was hiring substitutes to replace striking teachers, spokesman John Klose said. The exact numbers of strikers and substitutes hired was unavailable, but Klose estimated that there was one teacher for every 100 students in the 31,700-student district. Normally, the ratio is one to 30.
The district has offered raises of 4.5% this year and 5% next fall on a salary range that starts at $22,700 annually and goes to $39,560 for the most experienced, best educated teachers. The teachers are seeking raises of 8% now and 9% next year, Bettinger said.
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