A teacher sick-out at Jefferson and Golden High schools on Monday canceled classes and stretched the contentious fight between teachers and the Jefferson County Board of Education into its third straight week.
Jeffco Public Schools confirmed that the two high schools in Edgewater and Golden were closed after a high number of teachers called in sick after 8 p.m. Sunday.
More than 80 percent of teachers at Golden High School called in sick, Lynn Setzer with Jeffco Public Schools said.
"We were working proactively over the weekend to try to avoid the situation this morning. Last night, at about 10:45 p.m. one of the buildings, Golden High School, spiked - I think there were 36 teachers who called in after 9:00 last night. The majority of those calls came either last night or very early this morning," Superintendent Dan McMinimee said Monday afternoon. "It did not allow us the opportunity to secure the staff to make sure the kids would be safe in the building."
While the Golden High School campus was empty on Monday, a handful of students were outside the school, holding signs to show support for their teachers.
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Via Chuck Sherwood, Former Senior Associate, TeleDimensions, Inc