Park County teachers have voted to strike for better pay.
The teachers say they are working second jobs and living paycheck-to-paycheck.
The District has 500 students and says they are “not sitting on vast cash overages.” It says teachers did get a 6.5 percent salary increase this school year.
Teachers say that is misleading because it didn’t apply to all teachers and that the 6.5 percent raise only amounted to $2,000.
Ninety percent of the teachers voted last night in favor of a strike and are giving the district till tomorrow to negotiate a new salary. If that doesn’t happen they are prepared to hit the picket line.
