Children return to school in Seattle after weeklong strike
Source: AP
By GENE JOHNSON
SEATTLE (AP) Teachers, administrators and parent volunteers welcomed children back to school in Seattle on Wednesday following a weeklong educators strike that delayed the start of classes.
Seattle Public Schools and the Seattle Education Association announced Monday night that they had reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, and the unions membership voted Tuesday to suspend the walkout pending ratification of the contract.
Its a three-year deal that will maintain or in some cases improve ratios of special-education or multilingual students to staff, add baseline mental health staffing in all schools, and raise pay above inflation markers, the Seattle Education Association said.
Brandon Banks walked his son into Denny International Middle School for his first day of sixth grade and his first day back at school in two years, after he attended virtually during the pandemic.
Students and parents line up on the first day of school Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, outside Bailey Gatzert Elementary School in Seattle. Seattle Education Association members voted to end the strike Tuesday afternoon after reaching a tentative agreement with Seattle Public Schools on Monday evening. (Ellen M. Banner/The Seattle Times via AP)/
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