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Economy forces some LI teachers to accept smaller raises
Quick ReadLocal teacher unions are bowing to economic reality and accepting lower raises.
Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Jeff Rozran, president of the Syosset teachers union, at Thompson Middle School on Nov. 24, 2009 in Syosset.
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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