Dixon teachers have been working without a contract since August. Our community needs to rally and support them to show appreciation for all they do and their dedication in educating our children.

In the last couple of years, 25 teaching positions have been eliminated because of staff reduction and not replacing retiring staff members. Staff reduction has led to increased class sizes as high as 28 to 30 students. Special ed students have been mainstreamed into those enlarged regular ed classrooms where teachers are expected to teach and modify their curriculum for both types of students with little or no assistance. 

The administration wants to increase daily classroom time with no extra monetary compensation. Nowadays nobody gets paid once a month – but teachers do.