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Economy forces some LI teachers to accept smaller raises

While a contract dispute in the Plainview-Old Bethpage school district has produced a flare-up between parents and teachers - a rare occurrence on Long Island - other local teacher unions are bowing to economic reality and accepting lower raises than in the past.

A Newsday survey of eight districts that have signed new teacher contracts since June finds first-year salary raises ranging from...

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