DENVER — The teacher strike in Denver entered a second day Tuesday with educators disputing pay back on the picket lines and union and school officials set to resume negotiations in an effort to end the walkout.
The strike affecting about 71,000 students in the school district began Monday after last-minute negotiations broke down over the weekend.
All schools were open and staffed by administrators, substitutes and teachers not participating in the strike. The negotiations were scheduled to start late Monday morning.
According to preliminary reports from the school district, 58 percent of teachers stayed away from district-run schools, slightly more than on the first day of the strike Monday.
The walkout came about a year after West Virginia teacherslaunched the national “Red4Ed” movement with a nine-day strike in which they won 5 percent pay raises. Most recently, Los Angeles teacherswent on strike last month.
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