School to Start Wednesday in Seattle After Weeklong Strike
Guillermo Carvajal (L), a member of the support staff at Northgate Elementary School in Seattle, and Erin Carroll, an occupational therapist there, picket outside the building on the third day of a strike by the Seattle Education Association on Sept. 9, 2022. Gene Johnson/AP Photo
SEATTLE—Classes will begin Wednesday in Seattle following a weeklong teachers strike that delayed the start of the new school year.
Seattle Public Schools and the Seattle Education Association announced Monday night that they had reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, and after 5 p.m. Tuesday the district announced that classes would begin Wednesday morning.