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<text id=89TT2982>
<title>
Nov. 13, 1989: American Notes:Strikes
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
Nov. 13, 1989 Arsenio Hall
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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NATION, Page 41
American Notes
STRIKES
Passing the Top Hat
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<p> When teachers strike in most communities, parents have
little recourse. Not so in Beverly Hills (per capita income:
$33,839). Last week parents ended a two-week walkout by passing
the top hat. In a mere 48 hours, they chipped in $500,000 to
help bridge the gap between the teachers' demand for a two-year
18% pay hike and the school board's 11% offer. Beverly Hills
teachers, long the highest paid in the state (average salary:
$42,659), had been seething since Los Angeles teachers overtook
them by winning a 24% pay increase last May. They grudgingly
accepted a settlement of 12% to 15%. The parents' donations will
be distributed as a one-time bonus, followed by a permanent
raise if an increase in property taxes passes next year. Some
school officials had qualms about the buyout. Said school board
President Dana Tomarken: "I am concerned about the message it
sends to other, less fortunate communities."
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