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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.

Jeff Rozran, president of the Syosset teachers union,

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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