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DETROIT (AP) - Hundreds of Detroit teachers stayed home Wednesday, forcing more than 50 schools to close in what school officials described as a sick-out to protest a temporary pay cut.
The teachers are upset because some principals are getting raises while they are giving up five days of pay to help balance the district's budget, district spokeswoman Mattie Majors said.
School officials estimated that 1,500 of the district's 10,000 teachers were out sick Wednesday, and said it forced 53 schools to close. Administrators and substitutes were sent to fill in, said Lekan Oguntoyinbo, another schools' spokesman.
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