Mira Costa teachers protest labor negotiations
Dozens of teachers chose not to participate in Mira Costa High School’s Scholar Quiz this week to protest the Manhattan Beach School Board’s response to labor negotiations. The jeopardy-like event, founded 26 years ago by Costa history teacher Bill Fauver, tests 64 teams of four students from all grade levels in material from high school curricula, pop culture and events. In a letter posted on the Manhattan Beach Unified Teachers Association website, Fauver and former Scholar Quiz Director Steve Singiser wrote that in past years, teachers would spend nearly 30 hours of personal time developing questions, reading questions, and scoring and judging matches. “Lately, though, this Board of Education has sent a clear message that our efforts are expected and not appreciated,” Fauver and Singiser wrote. “Rather than begin to meaningfully address the erosion of teacher compensation over 10 years, this Board has proposed to accelerate that erosion by offering no raise and an implementation of a hard cap on benefits.” Usually about 35 teachers participate each year, said Costa PTSA President Erika White. This year, just a couple teachers participated in the event. “It’s their right to make…
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