TEACHERS SEEK HIKE IN SUMMER PAY.Byline: Kevin F. Sherry sherry [from Jérez], naturally dry fortified wine, pale amber to brown in tint. The term sherry originally referred to wines made from grapes grown in the region of Jérez de la Frontera, Andalusia, Spain; today it may refer to any of the Daily News Staff Writer Summer school classes might seem more laid back but they are no easier to teach, say Las Virgenes Unified School District Las Virgenes Unified School District (LVUSD) is a K-12 school district in north-west Los Angeles County, USA consisting of 14 public schools in the cities of Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Westlake Village, and several small portions of the West Hills section of Los Angeles. educators, who are demanding higher pay for working while the rest of their colleagues are on vacation. The Las Virgenes Educators Association is balking balking, baulking see jibbing. at the school district's practice of paying $31 an hour to teach summer school, compared with the $43 an hour top instructors earn during the regular school year. The gap resulted because summer school salaries have not been included in contracts between the district and teachers union. ``It's one of those historical flukes Flukes Parasite worms that look like leeches. They usually have one or more suckers for attaching to the digestive mucosa of the host. Liver flukes infest the liver, destroying liver tissue and impairing bile production and drainage. ,'' said Hal Vick, the association's spokesman. ``It was just something that no one paid particular attention to.'' The district has proposed increasing the hourly rate to $34, but rejected the union's proposal to tie that hike to a plan that would gradually raise salaries to regular-year levels. The school board has refused to comment on the issue because it is in negotiations. Members are scheduled to discuss the issue in closed session during tonight's meeting, which will start at 6 at 4111 N. Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas. The unresolved Not completed; not finished; not linked together. See resolve. issue has raised fears that the district could find itself without the 30-35 teachers it needs to teach summer school students, most of whom are remedial REMEDIAL. That which affords a remedy; as, a remedial statute, or one which is made to supply some defects or abridge some superfluities of the common law. 1 131. Com. 86. The term remedial statute is also applied to those acts which give a new remedy. Esp. Pen. Act. 1. , Vick said. Many teachers who have applied to work this summer have indicated they will not accept the positions if the pay controversy is not resolved fairly, Vick said. The district has said classes will begin June 15 on schedule, even if it has to hire teachers from outside the district. If that happens, Vick said, ``we think the program's going to suffer.'' |
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