PHOTOS: Teachers at Capistrano Unified School District go on strike

Skyler Nourse, 9, chants with the other protesters and parents at the Capistrano Unified School District office in San Juan Capistrano on Thursday.
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The shadows of protesters are cast on the courtyard at the Capistrano Unified School District office in San Juan Capistrano where several dozen loyal parents and students voiced their message to the school board Thursday.
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Parents and students picket and chant outside the board room at the Capistrano Unified School District office in San Juan Capistrano on Thursday.
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Teacher Kay Serafini is comforted by sixth-grade student Nikki Sadriafter after Serafini was seen crying on the picket line at the Carl Hankey campus in Mission Viejo. Serafina and other teachers are on strike against the Capistrano Unified School District in a dispute over pay and benefits cuts.
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Teachers and parents walk the picket line at the Carl Hankey school in Mission Viejo.
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The Capistrano Unified School District in March imposed a 10% pay cut on teachers.
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Principal Scott Wilbur directs traffic at the Carl Hankey campus in Mission Viejo.
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Teacher Kay Serafini, right, comforts another teacher on the picket line in front of the Carl Hankey campus in Mission Viejo.
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Schools in the 51,000-student Capistrano Unified School District remained open despite the strike by teachers. Here, teachers and parents walk a picket line in Mission Viejo.
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The picket line at Carl Hankey elementary and middle school in Mission Viejo.
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