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MAY 9, 2024 • Vol. 40, No. 10
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Troy celebrates a goal during their 4-1 win over Oxford April 30 at Oxford High School.
Father-daughter coaching duo, young squad have unbeaten Troy thriving
Troy School District teachers and their supporters have begun demonstrating before school hours for a contract resolution at each of the different Troy school buildings.
BY JONATHAN SZCZEPANIAK jszczepaniak@candgnews.com
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CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE FOR TROY TEACHERS Continued contract negotiations between the Troy School District and their teachers have left some questioning the district’s support of its educators and others pointing to what they called systemic underfunding from the state.
Teachers within the district have been working without a contract since Feb. 1. Though members of the Troy Education Association have been bargaining with the district since November, the teachers said district administrators have been slow to schedule negotiations and have rejected several of the proposals. “We want the contracts to reflect the quality of See TEACHERS on page 6A
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The Troy Colts girls soccer program can sometimes get lost in the shuffle of Oakland County soccer, or more specifically, the Oakland Activities Association Red. Every year, the OAA Red seems to be the conference teams fear when they step into the state tournament, and for good reason. The last two Division 1 state championships were courtesy of the OAA Red, and the league also holds three top-10 ranked teams to its credit with Troy (No. 4), Troy Athens (No. 6) and Rochester Adams (No. 7). “In my opinion, the OAA is the best conference in the state,” Troy coach Daniel Troccoli said. “It’s brutal. It prepares us and, obviously, we schedule teams like Hudsonville and Brighton. We played Adams the first game of the season, and man that was a tough game. Eisenhower was also right at the beginning of the season, and that was also