SDEA Reaches Tentative Agreement on Safety and Instruction

After marathon negotiations our SDEA Bargaining Team has reached a landmark safety agreement that requires strict school site and workplace safety mitigations to prevent the transmission of COVID-19.

The teams also reached an agreement on instructional models that attempt to balance the needs of our students remaining online with our students who choose to return onsite. While these instructional models present challenges, we also know that they are limited to the remainder of this school year. This agreement, if ratified, would require the District to provide online-only educators for students who may remain online in the fall, when we will have new rosters and can build distinct instructional models based on the needs of our students.

It’s critical to remember that this is bargained language and that any agreement is the result of compromise with the employer. Our team was able to extract significant improvements from the District’s initial proposals and while there were moments when it appeared we could be headed to impasse, we believe we’ve ended up with a package of agreements that will keep us all safe as we navigate these remaining weeks of the school year together.