Teacher strike nets Capistrano $1.7 million
July 06, 2010 Filed in: Budget & Finance
| Unions
Scott Martindale, The Orange County Register
It crippled the Capistrano
Unified School District for three days, causing lost instruction
time, wild swings in student attendance and unexpected bills for
substitute teachers, security guards and consulting fees. In the
end, though, the teacher strike in Orange County's second-largest
school district in April netted Capistrano $1.7 million in extra
cash, even after all of the bills were paid, according to a
Register financial analysis…