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I got a tip late Friday afternoon that dozens of IPS teachers and staff were at the main building downtown mad as all get out because they were not getting paid.
When I got to the building they were waiting in the hall looking for their pay. None of them would speak on the record but I overheard one teacher say this was the second time in a row he hadn’t been paid and another teacher she her pay check reflected five years of service, when in fact she had been in the district for 15 years.
I did manage to speak to Jane Ajabu, director of human resources for IPS, she told me the district has installed a new pay system, but they haven’t worked out all the bugs and will probably take years to get the entire system fixed.
I’ve been hearing stories about IPS teachers either not getting paid or major errors in their paychecks. It was something to see it up close and personal with all the issues the school district is facing.
