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Representatives from Madera Unified School District, just north of Fresno, met on Monday to discuss a new offer regarding salaries and health benefits. If needs aren’t met, the teachers’ union has said it could be one step closer to a strike, following in the footsteps of Los Angeles and Oakland educators. But administrators say they’re trying to accommodate more than just teacher salaries and benefits. For example, at James Madison Elementary School, some kids start their lunch at 10:30 in the morning. “This is the first shift of students, that comes to the cafeteria and there’s multiple shifts all the way until about 1 o’clock,” says Madera Unified Superintendent Todd Lile. He says it’s not ideal, but serving students that early is the only way to make sure they’re all fed by the afternoon. This is a logistical problem schools around the district are trying to address. James Madison is one of Madera’s oldest schools, built in 1953 for 400 students. Today, it serves over 600. The
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