LAKE STEVENS — Teachers and administrators reached a tentative contract agreement Wednesday afternoon, in time to avoid a strike in the 7,000-student Lake Stevens School District.
The teachers last week had decided to strike if they didn’t have a contract by the first day of school, which was scheduled to begin Tuesday.
Under the new contract, the first day of school has been pushed back one day, to Wednesday, Sept. 9.
“There is a great sense of relief that we’re going to start school on time and that we have an agreement we can bring to the membership,” said Kelly Snow, president of the Lake Stevens Education Association.
The more than 400 teachers in the district are scheduled to meet at 9 a.m. Thursday to vote on the contract.
Union leaders aren’t sharing details until teachers have a chance to review it on Thursday, Snow said.
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