WALK
WALK OUT
WALK OUT THIS MORNING. >> Reporter: YEAH, THAT'S
RIGHT.
RIGHT.
RIGHT. YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE STUDENTS
DANCING.
DANCING.
DANCING. THEY ARE SUPPORTING THEIR
TEACHERS IN THE STRIKE AND WE
HAVE HUNDREDS OF TEACHERS WHO
ARE ON THE SIDEWALK, PROTESTING
AND THEY HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE
6:30 AM AND THE STUDENTS ARE
EXPECTED TO SPEAK.
WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING
QUITE YET BUT WE HAVE HEARD
THAT THIS IS, AS YOU CAN
IMAGINE, A SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR
THE TEACHERS WHO ARE STRIKING
ON DAY ONE OF THE FIRST STRIKE
THAT DENVER HAS SEEN IN 25 YEARS
. AS YOU MENTIONED, GARY, THIS
IS NOT ONLY ABOUT A HIGHER BASE
SALARY FOR TEACHERS BUT ALSO
ABOUT INCENTIVES AND THE
PROGRAM USED TO DIVVY THEM OUT,
TEACHERS BELIEVE THAT IT IS
UNRELIABLE AND WAY TOO
COMPLICATED. LAST TIME THEY
WERE AT THE BARGAINING TABLE
WITH THE DISTRICT WAS ON
SATURDAY AND THEY WERE INVITED
TO THE BARGAINING TABLE ON
SUNDAY BUT TEACHERS SAID THEY
NEEDED TIME TO PREPARE FOR THE
STRIKE.
STRIKE.
STRIKE. THEY ANNOUNCED THEY WILL BE
HAVING THEIR OWN PRESS
CONFERENCE AT 11:30 PM LATER ON
THIS MORNING, SO WE WILL HEAR
FROM DPS AND WE SPOKE WITH THE
SUPERINTENDENT OVER THE WEEKEND
AND SHE BELIEVES THAT THE DEAL
SHE PUT ON THE TABLE FOR THESE
TEACHERS WAS FAIR WITH AN
AVERAGE 11% INCREASE IN BASE
SALARY AND OTHER PROPOSALS HAVE
LIMITED THOSE INCENTIVES THAT
TEACHERS HAVE PROBLEMS WITH BUT
ONE OF THE MAIN PROBLEMS WITH
SATURDAY'S PROPOSAL WAS THAT
THERE WAS IN ADDITION OF MONEY
TO AN INCENTIVE FOR TEACHERS TO
WORK IN HIGH POVERTY SCHOOLS
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
TEACHERS, MANY TEACHERS ARE
PROTESTING TODAY, TO AGREE WITH.
IT DOES NOT WORK AND THEY WOULD
RATHER THAT MONEY GOING TO BASE
PAY.
PAY.
PAY. THE
PAY. THE NEXT TIME THAT TEACHERS
WILL BE AT THE BARGAINING TABLE
WITH THE DISTRICT AT THIS POINT
IS ON TUESDAY NIGHT, SO WE
COULD BE SEEING THIS ONCE
AGAIN, NOT JUST IN FRONT OF
SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL BUT ACROSS
SCHOOLS WITHIN DPS.
YOU ARE AT HOME ELEMENTARY, I
BELIEVE, AND YOU HAVE BEEN
FOLLOWING PICKETERS AS THEY
HAVE BEEN DEMONSTRATING.
>> Reporter: YES, THE PROTEST
HAS MOVED.
HAS MOVED. WE WERE AT HAMILTON, WHICH IS
FAR FROM WHERE I'M STANDING AND
THIS IS HOME ELEMENTARY, WHERE
THERE ARE 500 STUDENTS THAT GO
TO THIS ONE.
HERE'S WHAT IS HAPPENING, THIS
IS A COMBINATION OF TEACHERS
FROM BOTH HOLM AND HAMILTON,
SHOWING SUPPORT FOR EACH OTHER
AS WELL AS -- YOU CAN HEAR THE
CHANTS GROWING.
CHANTS GROWING. IT HAS BEEN NONSTOP SINCE 7:00
THIS MORNING. EVERYTHING FROM
WE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT
ANYMORE TO WE NEED FAIR PAY.
THIS IS WHAT IS GOING TO BE
HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
THEY TELL ME AS THEY CONTINUE
TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE
HEARD, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE
ABOUT 30 TEACHERS FROM THE
SCHOOL THAT ARE HERE, TRYING TO
GET THE MESSAGE OUT THAT THEY
WANT FAIR PAY WAGES AND ALL THE
PARENTS THAT ARE DROPPING THEIR
STUDENTS OFF ARE ACTUALLY
DROPPING THEM OFF PAST THESE
TEACHERS AND THEY HAVE ACTUALLY
WATCHED THEM, THE TEACHERS ARE
SAYING TO THE STUDENTS AS THEY
GO BY, WE LOVE YOU BUT WE ALSO
NEED TO FIGHT FOR WHAT WE FEEL
IS RIGHT.
IS RIGHT.
IS RIGHT. WE ALSO DID HEAR FROM ONE OF
THE TEACHERS WHO CAME UP TO ME
AND SAID I FEEL THAT I AM TORN
BY THIS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE
INSIDE, THEY WANT TO BE IN THE
CLASS BUT THEY SAY THAT THEY
HAVE TO MAKE FAIR STANCES AND
THIS IS HOW THEY ARE GOING TO
DO IT, SO UNDERSTAND THAT
THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK, THEY ARE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THE
SIGNS AND THOSE CHANTS ARE
GOING TO CONTINUE.
GARY AND ANUSHIA COREY, THIS IS
STILL CONTINUING AND WE WILL
HAVE THE LATEST IN THE NEXT
HALF HOUR.
HALF HOUR. >> THANK YOU MUCH FOR THE
UPDATE.
UPDATE.
UPDATE. >>> PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST
CHANGES NOW THAT TEACHERS ARE
STRIKING ARE FOR THOSE IN EARLY
CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CLASSES.
>> THE DISTRICT SAID IS NOT
ABLE TO OFFER THOSE CLASSES
RIGHT NOW SO PARENTS ARE GOING
TO HAVE TO FIND OTHER OPTIONS.
>> EDDIE RANDLE IS LIVE AT
COLFAX ELEMENTARY AND THIS
MEANS THAT PARENTS ARE TRYING
TO FIND OTHER OPTIONS.
>> Reporter: YEAH, GOOD
MORNING, SOMETHING A LOT OF
THOSE PARENTS ARE GOING TO HAVE
TO DO, PARENTS HERE WITH KIDS
AT COLFAX ELEMENTARY, THERE ARE
150 TO 200 STUDENTS THAT ATTEND
THE SCHOOL AND IT IS PRE-K
THROUGH FIFTH GRADE, SO THOSE
PRE-K STUDENTS, THOSE CLASSES
HAVE BEEN CANCELED.
WE DID FIND OUT FROM THE DPS.
MANY HAVE DEFINED CHILDCARE FOR
THEIR KIDS.
THEIR KIDS. WE DO KNOW THAT HIGHLANDS
METHODIST CHURCH IS OFFERING TO
TAKE IN SOME OF THOSE KIDS AS
LONG AS THEY GET THAT APPROVED
BY THE STATE.
STILL WAITING TO HEAR MORE
ABOUT THAT BUT I AM JOINED WITH
ALLISON, A FIFTH GRADE TEACHER
AT COLFAX ELEMENTARY, THERE ARE
SEVERAL SCHOOLS AROUND THIS
AREA, BUT THIS IS THE LOCATION
THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ALL
DESIGNATED TEACHERS THAT WANT
TO PROTEST AND THEY WANT THEIR
VOICES TO BE HEARD TO COME TO.
>> OUR SCHOOL IS AN ANCHOR FOR
THE FOUR SURROUNDING SCHOOLS.
PARENTS AND TEACHERS AND
COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE WELCOME
TO COME AND PICK IT WITH US AT
10:00 WE WILL GET AN UPDATE
FROM D.C. TA AND THEN AT 2:00,
DCTA WILL HOLD A RALLY AT THE
WEST STEPS OF THE CAPITOL.
>> WE WERE CHATTING A FEW
MINUTES AGO AND I KNOW THAT YOU
WERE SAYING WHAT YOU'RE HEARING
BLOOD TEACHERS IS THEY WANT THE
MESSAGE TO BE HEARD, A LOT OF
THIS IS FOR THEIR STUDENTS.
IT IS NOT ABOUT MORE MONEY BUT
ABOUT THINGS FOR THE STUDENTS
AND YOU WERE REITERATING THAT
FOR ME.
FOR ME.
FOR ME. TELL ME AGAIN WHAT YOU WERE
SAYING A FEW MINUTES AGO.
>> SO WE ARE OUT HERE FOR OUR
STUDENT THAT ALL IS OR MAIN
PRIORITY.
PRIORITY.
PRIORITY. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
TEACHERS THAT HAVE UP PROLONGED
STUDENTS AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE
TO HAVE THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE
FOR OUR STUDENT AND WE JUST
WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT THIS
IS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND IN
ORDER TO PUT STUDENTS FIRST, WE
HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS.
>> THANK YOU, AND ALLISON SAID
THEY ARE GOING TO BE OUT HERE
UNTIL ABOUT 9:30 AM UNTIL THEY
MOVED TO THEIR NEXT LOCATION.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THOSE 5000
STUDENTS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION CLASSES THAT ARE NOW
CANCELED.
CANCELED.
CANCELED. WE KNOW 71% OF THOSE STUDENTS
QUALIFY FOR REDUCED OR FREE
LUNCH.
LUNCH.
LUNCH. DPS DID SAY KIDS COULD COME TO
THE SCHOOLS AND HAVE BREAKFAST
AND LUNCH.
AND LUNCH. THEY HAVE TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY
A PARENT OR GUARDIAN, SO YOU
CAN SEE RIGHT BEHIND ME, HOW
THIS IS REALLY