Oct 17, 2007 12:03 am US/Eastern
Seneca Valley Football Coach Crosses Picket Line
CRANBERRY TWP. (KDKA) ―
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Seneca Valley teachers have been on strike since Monday.
KDKA
Teachers in the Seneca Valley School District are planning to meet with the school board on Wednesday.
They have been on strike since Monday. But one teacher, who is also a coach, has crossed the picket line, which angers most of his colleagues.
Head Football Coach Ron Butschle says when he knew a strike was imminent, he decided to keep coaching.
"We're at a point in the season now when we have an opportunity to go to the playoffs, the kids who are seniors on this team have battled, really battled for three years to get to this point and they deserve this," he said. "They deserve the opportunity they have in front of them."
But Patrick Andrekovich, of the Seneca Valley Education Association, sees Butschle as part of another team first – the teachers.
"As someone who has played sports and coached, I totally get that. But I also understand that these people are teachers first, and the people that are bargaining on their behalf as teachers and as coaches need their support and we would have loved to have seen that happen," he said.
The Seneca Valley athletic director says Butschle is one of 9 teacher-coaches who decided to coach through the strike.
As for Butschle, he says he'll continue to coach as long as the strike goes on.
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