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Carpinteria
Vol. 22, no. 32
May 5 - 11, 2016 coastalview.com
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Happy Mother’s Day
Calling all cat lovers
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Improv comes to Plaza
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JOSHUA CURRY
Pamela Jean Densmore became three granddaughters richer last winter. The retired longtime Kinderkirk Preschool director grew her family by Olivia Jean Edmondson on Dec. 30, Lyla Rose Densmore on March 13 and Ava Layne Densmore on Feb. 3. These newest additions to the Densmore clan are pictured above with moms, from left, Andrea Edmondson, Liz Densmore and Lindsey Densmore. The dads, Lance, Matt and Jeff, respectively, and even Grandpa Rich stayed home for this pre-Mother’s Day stroll on May 2.
Mother & daughter artists
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Warriors beat Nordhoff
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Teachers and district lock horns over compensation By LEA BOyD
Failing to reach an agreement at the bargaining table, the teachers union and the school district have entered impasse for the first time in about 20 years. Now a mediator will be hired, a fact-finding process will be launched, and an arbitrator will recommend a route forward for the Carpinteria Unified School District Board of Education. “We’ve been dancing around this for a number of years,” said School Board
President Andy Sheaffer, who pointed out that the teachers had enjoyed decent salary increases for the last two years while also maintaining full district coverage of their health care. Sheaffer said that with rising health care and retirement costs, the board is “uncomfortable” with spending more money on salaries than the district’s budget can support in multiyear projections. Teachers union President Jay Hotchner, however, said that the school board has made claims of “deficit spending” and
used threats of looming district insolvency as its rationale for avoiding fair teacher pay increases for years. In reality, he said, CUSD has a financial reserve that far exceeds state requirements and typically ends each fiscal year with hundreds of thousands more than conservatively projected. This year, the district’s final offer for staff was a 1 percent salary increase and a 2 percent payout. Property taxes, which drive the district’s revenues, are expected to be about
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