Teachers In Tiny School District On Whidbey Island Strike

KNKX Public Radio | By The Associated Press

Published September 3, 2015 at 1:30 PM PDT

Teachers in the tiny South Whidbey Island School District are now on strike.

The Washington Education Association says teachers in the four-school district walked out on Thursday. School is set to begin on Tuesday for the district's nearly 1,500 students. But teachers were supposed to be in school on Thursday preparing for the year.

Teachers planned to picket at the middle and high schools on Thursday, but contract negotiations are continuing.

They join educators from Pasco, who went on strike Tuesday morning. Seattle teachers plan to vote Thursday evening on whether they are going to strike. And Spokane school employees have set a Friday morning deadline, saying they will go on strike if they don't have a contract agreement by then.

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