Tentative agreement reached in Oakland Unified teacher talks
OAKLAND, Calif. _ Following seven days of picketing _ their second longest strike in the past quarter century _ Oakland teachers are expected to return to the classroom next week after a tentative agreement was reached Friday.
The district announced that the new contract will give teachers a total compensation increase of 14 percent _ an 11 percent "on-going" salary increase with a one-time 3 percent bonus for educators.
"On Monday, March 4, we look forward to everyone being together again in the classroom and engaged in teaching and learning," Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell said in a statement.
"This contract caps a historic seven-day strike that united a community to save public education in Oakland," the Oakland Education Association, which represents teachers and school nurses and counselors, said in its statement.
_ East Bay Times
