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Teachers’ union president Tom Culbertson is trying to paint a different financial picture as he negotiates a new contract with the Palo Alto Unified School District. “We want to get our side of the story out,” he said in an interview on Tuesday. The two sides are still far apart —
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they’re making so that we can have a really honest discussion at the negotiating table,” said Culbertson, who bethe union asked for a 17% raise over downplays the district’s position by us- came union president last year after 14 years as a fourth-grade teacher. two years on Monday, and the district ing unusual definitions for reserves. Recent raises have kept up with incountered with 7% over two years, plus Yu said the district had $48 million $6,000 in bonuses. in reserves in December, but the union flation, but Palo Alto’s salaries have Culbertson said the district can af- calculated reserves at $114 million, fallen from third to sixth-highest in Santa Clara County, Culbertson said. ford a larger raise, but Chief Business Culbertson said. Raises around 4% don’t capture how Officer Charen Yu makes “extremely “We’re trying to break through some [See UNION, page 28] conservative” budget projections and of the public pronouncements that
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In one night BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer
Mountain View City Council has approved three housing developments that will bring 821 new homes to the city. “Yay, more housing!” Mayor Emily Ann Ramos said before council’s third 7-0 vote on Tuesday. But not everyone was happy about one of the projects: 323 apartments in three five-story buildings at 555 W. Middlefield Road. Residents don’t want the developer, Joe Kirchofer of AvalonBay Communities, to take out 88 trees, PLANS APPROVED — Mountain View City Council has approved these plans [See HOMES, page 28] for 323 apartments at W. Middlefield Road. Rendering by BDE Architecture.
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