Article Understated Proposed Cuts

In response to the article regarding Orange Unified School District classified employees (“Rejection of Pay Cuts to Hasten Layoffs,” Sept. 12), I’d like to advise the reporter to get all of the facts first, unless her original intent was to write a biased article.

The article stated that the classified employees turned down a proposed contract that would have reduced their salaries by 2.59%. After reading this, many uninformed Times readers probably asked themselves why the classified employees are rejecting a 2.59% pay cut when certified employees, such as teachers, have accepted it.

The article failed to mention that by accepting the proposed contract, the pay cut, including a cut in benefits (as proposed) for the classified employees, would have amounted to cuts closer to 5%, nearly double that of which the story quoted.

JODIE WILSON, Orange