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Lucia Mar strike likely avoided

Written on 9 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

The Lucia Mar Unified School District has reached a tentative agreement with its teachers’ union that may settle a heated contract dispute. District officials and the Lucia Mar Teachers’ Association have clashed for months, and union members voted late last... (Continue reading)

Lucia Mar teachers endorse a strike

Written on 27 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 129 comments

The South County teachers’ union currently engaged in a pay dispute with the Lucia Mar Unified School District voted Thursday to authorize a strike. Representatives of the Lucia Mar Unified Teachers Association must still meet at least once more time... (Continue reading)

Lucia Mar mediation fails again

Written on 26 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 43 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Yet another mediation attempt failed Wednesday in the Lucia Mar teacher pay dispute that may soon result in a strike. Union members are scheduled to vote Thursday on whether or not to authorize a strike. Negotiators from... (Continue reading)

Oceano board to blame for deficit

Written on 25 Mar, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 50 comments

OPINION By JULIE TACKER Tonight’s Oceano Community Services District Board meeting will try to answer questions that have been posed to the district since the 3.5 percent rate increase notice went out on March. The rate increase, as noticed by... (Continue reading)

Lucia Mar teachers could strike next month

Written on 25 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 48 comments

Lucia Mar district officials and representatives of its teachers’ union will gather Wednesday for a mediation hearing in an attempt to stave off a strike that could occur in less than a month. District officials and the Lucia Mar Teachers... (Continue reading)

Lucia Mar preparing for teacher strike

Written on 11 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 60 comments

The Lucia Mar Unified School District has hired a consultant to help administrators prepare for the possibility of a teacher strike. District officials and the Lucia Mar Teachers Association are currently in a contract dispute. The district has offered teachers... (Continue reading)

Lucia Mar teacher strike still a possibility

Written on 2 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

A meeting of school district and union representatives on Friday failed to resolve the ongoing dispute over Lucia Mar teacher pay. The Lucia Mar teachers are threatening to strike if they do not receive a 10 percent raise. Administrators of... (Continue reading)

Lucia Mar students side with teachers in pay dispute

Written on 24 Feb, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 42 comments

CORRECTION:An earlier version incorrectly said that teachers at Lucia Mar Unified School District had not received a raise in several year. However, Lucia Mar teachers received a 2 percent raise in 2012/2013 and a 4.3 percent raise in 2013/2014. Students... (Continue reading)

San Luis Coastal teachers demand new contracts

Written on 4 Feb, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 67 comments

San Luis Coastal Unified teachers attended a school board meeting Tuesday in Los Osos to protest an impasse in contract negotiations between the district and their union. [Tribune] Nearly 300 people, mostly teachers, packed the Los Osos Middle School cafeteria... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach police chief to double-dip into taxpayer funds

Written on 17 Dec, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 27 comments

Grover Beach Police Chief Jim Copsey will soon receive a salary and pension simultaneously following a decision by the city council to employ him as interim chief after he retires later this month. Copsey is set to retire on Dec.... (Continue reading)