There is still no official word from Seattle Public Schools, but school officials are asking parents to plan for classes to start Wednesday as scheduled.
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The Seattle Education Association says its mediated contract talks with Seattle Public Schools will continue on Sunday, and that agreement was reached today on a major point.
After a more than two hour meeting this evening the Pasco Association of Educators has decided not to report to work Tuesday, despite an injunction against their strike issued by FRanklin County Superior Court Judge Alex Ekstrom Fiday.
If it happens, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray says the city’s Parks and Recreation Department is prepared to expand after-school programs into all-day camps beginning on Wednesday to help accommodate parents in need of child care.
Seattle school superintendent Larry Nyland wants to take the Seattle teachers’ union (SEA) to court to stop a potential strike, calling a teachers’ strike “unlawful”, according to a district memo, released late Monday night.
The district and teachers union agreed Saturday to a guaranteed minimum 30 minutes a day of recess for elementary-school students.
The union also says progress was made on pay for substitutes – and on the perennial shortage of substitutes.
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Negotiations remain stalled on teachers’ increase in pay. The union has asked for an 18 percent raise over three years, in addition to a state-approved 3 percent cost-of-living increase. The district is offering 8.2 percent increase in exchange for additional classroom time.
