CHILD MEAN SHARED ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM. DISCORD KING IS CURRENTLY OUT ON BOND
AND BACK HOME IN TEXAS WITH
HIS PARENTS. THE FLAGLER
COUNTY SHERIFF ANNOUNCING A
DRUG BUST CALLED OPERATION
SANTA’S NAUGHTY LITTLE
SELLERS. THE SHERIFF SAYS 35
PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED. ABOUT
HALF OF THEM HAVE BEEN
ARRESTED. DEPUTIES SEIZE THE
STREET VALUE OF 5.7 MILLION
DOLLARS IN ILLEGAL DRUGS, 13
FIREARMS, ALMOST $42,000 IN
CASH. THEY ALSO SAY THEY
SEIZED ENOUGH HEROIN AND
FENTANYL TO KILL MORE THAN
2 MILLION PEOPLE.
>> WE HAVE SEIZED IN THIS
OPERATION, NOT ONLY HEROIN AND
FENTANYL, BUT COCAINE.
SYNTHETIC AFTERNOONS. ALSO
KNOWN ON THE STREET IS BAY
MORPHINE. SO BOX AND STEROIDS
CYCLE. BELEN CYCLE BEEN
MUSHROOM A LOT AND AND OTHER
DRUGS, TC AGE OR THC IN
CANNABIS.
>> METHAMPHETAMINE.
>>KENT JUSTICE: SHERIFF’S
OFFICE ARRESTED ONE OF THE
SUSPECTS TODAY. THIS RELEASED
THIS BODY CAMERA VIDEO OF THE
TRAFFIC STOP. DEPUTIES SAY
JEREMIAH HARRIS THROUGH DRUGS
OUT OF HIS CAR AND THEY SAY
THAT WHEN THEY FINALLY STOPPED
AND THEY FOUND LARGE AMOUNTS
OF FENTANYL, IT.
>>JOY PURDY: NO DEAL YET FOR
SAINT JOHNS COUNTY TEACHERS.
UNION AND DISTRICT LEADERS MET
AGAIN TONIGHT TO HASH OUT A
SALARY PLAN. IT COMES AFTER
TEACHERS IN THE DISTRICT
REJECTED THE FIRST TO OFFER
WHICH INCLUDED A PAY RAISE
NEWS. 4 JAX REPORTER JOE
MCLEAN WAS THERE FOR THE
NEGOTIATIONS AND JOINS US LIVE
FROM SAINT JOHNS COUNTY
TONIGHT. SHOW WHAT HAPPENS
NOW?
>> WELL, NOW PLAN THAT THE
TEACHERS UNION NEGOTIATORS
BROUGHT TO THE TABLE,
ESSENTIALLY THE NEGOTIATORS
FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAID
WE’RE GOING TO TAKE THIS BACK
TO THE SCHOOL BOARD. HAVE THEM
LOOK AT OVER AND I WILL PICK
UP NEGOTIATIONS LATER THIS
MONTH. SORT OF LIKE WHEN
YOU’RE BUYING A CAR AND YOU
OFFER MAKE AN OFFER. AND THEN
THE DEALER HAS SAYS I GOT TO
GO TALK TO MY BOSS. THAT’S
ESSENTIALLY WHAT HAPPENED
HERE. ALL OF THAT BACK AND
TONIGHT PLAYED OUT IN FRONT OF
A BIG CROWD OF TEACHERS IN THE
ROOM.
>> SAINT JOHNS COUNTY SCHOOL
DISTRICT AND TEACHERS. UNION
NEGOTIATORS WERE BACK AT THE
BARGAINING TABLE THURSDAY
NIGHT WORKING TO HASH OUT A
NEW DEAL FOR EDUCATOR HELP
COST OF SKYROCKET. I CAME HERE
IN 2019, MY HOST ON THE DOUBLE
DOUBLE. THEY CAN’T KEEP
GETTING WE LEAVE. IT COMES
AFTER THE FIRST OFFER WHICH
INCLUDED $1260 PAY RAISE FOR
MOST TEACHERS WAS SLAPPED DOWN
BY 77% OF THE VOTING
MEMBERSHIP. MORE THAN 1300
TEACHERS. LISA O’ROURKE WAS
ONE OF THOSE WHO VOTED NO, THE
PAY INCREASE THAT THEY’RE
PROPOSING IS NOT COMMISIONER
WITH COST OF LIVING INCREASE
THAT WE’RE HAVING RIGHT NOW,
WHICH IS OUTRAGEOUS.
>> AND THE WORKLOAD THE EVER
AND NEVER ENDING WORKLOAD
THAT’S PUT ON US IS JUST NOT
WORTH THAT SALARY. IT WAS THE
FIRST TIME IN THE UNION’S 47
YEAR HISTORY THAT THE
MEMBERSHIP VOTED DOWN A RAISE.
THE DISTRICT’S TRAINING CENTER
THURSDAY NIGHT. SCORES OF
TEACHERS DONNED RED SHIRTS IN
SUPPORT OF A BIGGER PAY BUMP.
UNION NEGOTIATORS POINTED TO
THE RAPID GROWTH. THE DISTRICT
IS EXPERIENCING AND THE FACT
THAT WHILE SAINT JOHNS COUNTY
HAS ON AVERAGE, THE MOST
EXPERIENCED TEACHERS IN THE
STATE, IT RANKS 60TH OUT OF 73
FOR HOW WELL THOSE TEACHERS
ARE PAID ON AVERAGE. FOR
COMPARISON. THE CURRENT
AVERAGE SALARY FOR SAINT JOHNS
COUNTY TEACHERS IS $46,589.
MORE THAN 5 GRAND BEHIND DUVAL
COUNTY’S AVERAGE OF 52,257,
THE STATE AVERAGE IS 51,598.
WHAT THEY TYPICALLY DO THE
APPROACHES.
>> LET’S SPEND ON WHAT WE WANT
TO SPEND AND SEE WHAT’S LEFT
OF THE TEACHERS. THAT’S WHAT
HAS TO CHANGE THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT’S NEGOTIATOR AND
BUDGET DIRECTOR KATHY WEBER
QUESTIONED WHY THE UNIONS TEAM
AGREED TO THE INITIAL DEAL.
>> IF IT WAS SO UNACCEPTABLE,
VOGEL SAID THAT IT WAS TO
AVOID ENTERING AN IMPASSE. AS
A REMINDER, AN IMPASSE IS WHEN
THE 2 SIDES CAN’T REACH AN IF
THAT HAPPENS, SOMEONE DECLARES
THE IMPASSE AND THEN
>> THE 2 SIDES ARGUE THEIR
CASE IN FRONT OF A SPECIAL
MAGISTRATE THAT MAGISTRATE
WOULD OFFER BASICALLY A A A A
A DEAL OF THEIR OWN. BUT
ULTIMATELY THE SCHOOL BOARD
HAS THE FINAL SAY IN ANY
IMPASSE, SITUATION REPORTING
LIVE. I’M JOE MCLEAN, CHANNEL
4, THE LOCAL STATION.
>>JOY PURDY: SO JOE, WHAT
HAPPENS IF A NEW TENTATIVE
DEAL IS MADE? BUT THE MEMBERS
VOTED DOWN AGAIN.
>> WELL, THAT IF THAT HAPPENS,
ESSENTIALLY IT’S BACK TO THE
DRAWING BOARDS BACK TO THE
NEGOTIATING TABLE, ALTHOUGH
GIVEN WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT
AND GIVEN THE TIMELINE OF ALL
THIS, WE’RE HEADING INTO
WINTER BREAK, WHICH IS WHAT A
LOT OF PEOPLE A LOT OF
TEACHERS USUALLY WILL RETIRE
AT THAT POINT. SO THERE IS
KIND OF A CLOCK ON THIS. IT’S
MORE LIKELY THAT IF THERE’S
NOT AN AGREEMENT REACHED, THIS
WILL GO INTO AN IMPASSE