WPTV has obtained a breakdown of the budget impacts the school district would face if it meets the demand of educators and the Classroom Teacher’s Association to give teachers a 3.5% raise.
Passions ran high in Palm Beach County this week, as teachers, parents and community members pleaded with school board members for the raise for nearly four hours — even if it means dipping into reserves.
WATCH: School district facing stark budget realities
192 teachers could lose jobs if school district approves 3.5% raise
“We’re just asking you to do what’s hard and right, pay us,” one educator told the board during the nearly four-hour meeting…