Seattle schools avoid strike, but face ongoing budget issues
The deal includes raises above the district’s prior 8.8% offer and a special-education pilot, while Seattle Public Schools still faces an $87 million deficit.
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Seattle superintendent: Labor deal lets Seattle Public Schools ‘possibly stay solvent’
The 11th-hour deal that averted a strike between Seattle Public Schools and its teachers union will include raises that exceed 8.8% over three years, plus a pilot program to study changes to special education.
Seattle Public Schools (SPS) and the Seattle School Board (SEA) made a last-minute breakthrough on the evening of September 1st, averting a potential teacher strike that was scheduled to begin on September 2nd. Approximately 50,000 students will return to school as planned. The school district announced late that night that the 2026-2027 school year will begin as scheduled on September 2nd, with preschool and kindergarten starting on September 8…
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