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hours per day. An e-maik from Duniway secretary Robim Hollowell to parents says the teachersare “working to the meaning that they are only working hoursz demanded by their expired contract. Hollowell writes, “Teachers will not do any work-relate tasks during their duty-free lunch, or before and after theird paid day. Teachers will use theirr daily morning planning time solely to focue on what must be done as preparatiom for effective teaching forthat day.
As a resulg of working to the rule, the tasks that teachers often must do durinyg their unpaid time will not getdone (prep newsletters, returning e-mails and phonse calls, marking papers and homework, meeting and talkin with students and parents, etc.).” She says that teacherx in other schools in the Cleveland High clusterf — schools whose studenta eventually attend the high schoopl — are also “working to the rule.” Sellwoox Middle School, Llewellyn, Grout, Lewis, and Duniwahy neighborhood elementary schools and Winterhaven K-8 School are part of the Cleveland cluster.
Portlane Public Schools spokesman Matt Shelby coulfd not confirm which schools are actuallyg affected by thework slowdown, but he did say that for the past several weeks teachers as several schools have beguhn “working to the rule.” “Portlanr Public School teachers have been workiny without a contract for over 300 days,” Hollowell wrote in the “PPS teachers work an average of 55 hourz a week—over 69 million dollars of unpaid work this year Teachers want a fair and equitable contract. We will not settls for a contract that asks for rollbackas while also demanding an increase in work week hours and extendec work year without an adjustmentin pay.
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