Pennsylvania Teachers Agree to Work for Free after Funds Cut
Pennsylvania Teachers Agree to Work for Free after Funds Cut
Teachers in Pennsylvania’s Chester Upland School District in Delaware County, west of Philadelphia, intend to keep working indefinitely even though they won’t be paid after Wednesday by the broke district.
Unions representing more than 260 instructors and support staff agreed to stay on the job and keep schools open, while asking the state Department of Education to help Chester Upland.
The district was hit hard by the state’s budget cuts last year, losing $18 million in funding. It was forced to furlough more than 100 teachers and merged two high schools, among other cost-cutting measures.
So far the administration of Republican Governor Tom Corbett has been unwilling to help the district of 3,600 students by advancing it money.
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