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School Strike in the South Hills?

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The Keystone Oaks School District has put parents on notice that there could be a work stoppage this week unless last minute negotiations are successful.  As defined by Act 88 of 1992, a strike is defined as “… a concerted action in failing to report for duty, the willful absence from one’s position, the stoppage of work, slowdown or the abstinence in whole or in part from the full, faithful, and proper performance of the duties of employment for the purposes of inducing, influencing or coercing a change in the conditions or compensation or the rights, privileges, or obligations of employment”.

A report we wrote in 2013 identified the total number of school strikes in Pennsylvania from 1997-98 to 2012-13 and measured the strike impact by students days out of class (the enrollment multiplied by the number of days out of class).In southwestern PA in that time frame the impact from 44 strikes was 1.4 million “student days out of class”.

Based on Keystone Oaks’ enrollment (2,005 in 2014-15 average daily membership) if the teachers were to go on strike a similar measurement could be calculated by taking that enrollment against the days of a strike should one occur.  Based on the data in our report Keystone Oaks did not have a strike in the time period 1997-98 to 2012-13, and has not had one in the interim.

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