Without a contract. Its not fair. They are frustrated, exhausted and they spend all day teaching our kids. Theyve also done it without a raise an contract as you heard for five years. Teachers at one Delaware County district have had it. Enough is enough. Those Teachers Want a contract. They want it now. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im iain page. They may get one sooner rather than later. Fox 29s Chris Oconnell is in chester tonight with the story. Chris . Reporter well, iain, imagine going to work for five years and never getting a raise. Not a single penny, and on top of it, you have to bring your own pens, your own paper, your own stapler to work. May sound crazy but thats real life for hundreds every chester upland teachers who say enough is enough. Over 1800 days without crack. Its not fair. Reporter five years without a raise and teachers in one of the most economically challenged districts in the state are still coming to work every day without a contract. Im sure you can proba
For nearly 1900 days. Some weeks they came to work without even getting a paycheck. But teachers at Chester Upland School district wonder how long they can go without a contract. Good people are leaving the School District. This is what really hurts. Good teachers are leaving us. Reporter there have been no cost of living races and teachers some of the lowest paid in the area are also forced to spend their own money on their classrooms. I have two kids in college. We pay for it on a credit card. Reporter in front of a surprised packed house the state run school board did announce progress is being made in recent contract negotiations. The School District absolutely is op mystic that we will be able to reach an agreement with the teachers win fairly short period of time. Reporter that could be welcome news for teachers who say theyve made a commit many to the kids. And i am told the stumbling blocks right now are non nonmonetary issues like teachers schedules and benefits packages. Both
For nearly 1900 days. Some weeks they came to work without even getting a paycheck. But teachers at Chester Upland School district wonder how long they can go without a contract. Good people are leaving the School District. This is what really hurts. Good teachers are leaving us. Reporter there have been no cost of living races and teachers some of the lowest paid in the area are also forced to spend their own money on their classrooms. I have two kids in college. We pay for it on a credit card. Reporter in front of a surprised packed house the state run school board did announce progress is being made in recent contract negotiations. The School District absolutely is op mystic that we will be able to reach an agreement with the teachers win fairly short period of time. Reporter that could be welcome news for teachers who say theyve made a commit many to the kids. And i am told the stumbling blocks right now are non nonmonetary issues like teachers schedules and benefits packages. Both
Wow. Lets check on traffic in just a moment but first, it was nice this morning. It is. I think youll like our number for this friday, i mean friday is already ahead of the game but we will go with a ten. Wow. It will be milder then yesterday. It is true. Now, we dont have any rain to she you on radar, to fog to talk about at this point. We have 45 degrees, for november, that is pretty good morning, and sunrise at 6 50, we have 38 degrees in mount pocono, 36 in pottstown, 33 in millville, 47 this wildwood and even though it is a colder start then yesterday, still calling it a ten because we will recover so nicely with all of that unshine. We had clear skies overnight which is why the chilly start. Sunny skies by lunchtime at 61 h high in the mid to upper 60s, sunset time 4 42. There is your friday, big changes over the weekend perhaps you have heard, and we will tell you more bit, bob kelly, coming up and everybody else too. That is right 4 01. Good morning, everybody. Tgif. Live downt
Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 10. Happening right now, a heartbreaking search. Pictures like these show a beautiful eightyearold girl in happier times but tonight her family is mourning her death. She died earlier tonight after being hit by a car. The driver didnt even stop. Good evening, im chris oconnell. Im lucy noland tonight a manhunt is on for that driver. Fox 29s Joanne Pileggi joins us live from university city. Joanne. Reporter lucy, chris, as parent you always worry when your kids are crossing busy streets, and this is why we worry. When Something Like this happe happens. So you can visualize this familys pain. Knowing that someone struck and killed their eightyearold daughter. Didnt stop. Just sped away. Whoever did this, i want you to know that youre causing my family a great deal of pain. Shes the happiest little girl ever. She has manners, always happy, always laughing. In an instant everything changed when eightyearold Jay Anna Powell and h