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Community groups and union urge SFUSD board to settle contract talks as staffing gaps cited
Summary
Teachers, paraprofessionals and community groups urged the San Francisco Unified School District board to resolve contract negotiations, citing an impasse declared in June, large numbers of temporary hires and housing pressures that threaten staff retention.
San Francisco — Multiple speakers at the San Francisco Unified School District board meeting pressed the board and district negotiators to resolve a stalled labor dispute between the district and its educators, saying continued uncertainty is harming schools.
Dennis Kelly, president of United Educators of San Francisco, said the board's June decision to declare impasse moved bargaining to a mediator and halted productive negotiations. "By going to impasse, it meant that everything was put into the hands of a mediator and it meant essentially that majority of the meetings that we would ever have with the district were stopped," Kelly said, urging district…
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