TUSD approves raises for bus drivers and special education teaching assistants
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TUCSON (KVOA) - Tucson Unified School District Board approved raises for some of the district s employees.
These employees will be making several more dollars an hour next year. Tucson Education Association President Margaret Chaney says it is a step in the right direction. However, she said it should only be a start.
Bus drivers who take TUSD students to and from school every day will see a raise from $12.39 an hour to $16 an hour starting in July. They are transporters of learners, without them our children and our young people are not walking through the schoolhouse doors, Superintendent Gabriel Trujillo said. It s a vital position that s operationally crucial for the district. For the last several years, we have struggled.