The Seattle Education Association came to a tentative agreement with the district earlier this week, and the teachers’ union subsequently voted yesterday to end the strike.
Seattle Public Schools teachers and students returned to the classroom Wednesday after the teachers’ strike delayed the start of the school year by a week.
“They are willing to risk going back into work right now — without seeing the full text of that [agreement] — for the students and families, in solidarity with them,” she said. “They still need to do the full read of their contract, and they will still go through our ratification process.”Hawkins said educators had seen ” a summary of highlights” from the contract, but they need some time to thoroughly read through the entire document and discuss it with one another.
When asked at what point that vote might take place, Hawkins could not give a timeline, but said it “will be coming soon.”While she could not share specifics from the contract until it is ratified, Hawkins said there “was not a single issue left off the table.” She noted that the document included the reforms teachers had been pushing for, such as higher pay and more manageable staff-to-student ratios, especially for special education and mental health counseling.
Seattle students missed their first five days of the school year, but Hawkins said those days would be made up. That could be on buffer days that are built into the school year, on extra days at the end of the year, or through a combination of the two.
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