Moms Talk: How Do You Explain the Pay Cut?

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We start the conversation today with a tough subject that rocked many families to their cores. Last week, the West Bloomfield School District Board of Education voted  5-2 to impose a 10 percent pay cut retroactive to December 1 of last year on its teachers union as about 450 supporters of the teachers protested outside .

How do you explain your family's economic difficulties? How did you explain the pay cut for the teacher's union?