Paraeducators in the school district have been on strike since Monday.
PORT ANGELES, Wash. — Paraeducators in the Port Angeles School District walked the picket line for a third straight day Wednesday, demanding higher pay.
Garcia works two other jobs to pay the bills so he can serve those students. Without paraeducators to guide them, he says,"they struggle. They shut down. They close off. They don't love themselves. We are there to pick them up when they fall."Declining enrollments and the state's inability to fully fund K-12 education meant that last year, Port Angeles had to cut 61 positions while facing a $5 million deficit.
Late Tuesday, a Clallam County judge signed an injunction ordering the staffers back to work, saying the strike is illegal and creates"actual, substantial, and irreparable injury or the threat thereof the Port Angeles School District, its students, employees, and community."
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