San Francisco Public Schools

After nearly a year of bargaining, the San Francisco Unified School District and the teachers’ union reached a tentative contract that ends the city’s first districtwide teachers strike since 1979 — a walkout by about 6,000 teachers that closed all 120 SFUSD schools and affected roughly 50,000 students. The agreement, which will reopen schools to staff on Friday and to students the following Wednesday, addresses core disputes over pay and benefits (the union had sought a 9% raise over two years and fully funded family health care while the district proposed a 6% raise over three years with either 75% Kaiser family coverage or a $24,000 annual allowance) and touches on staffing for special education and supports for homeless and immigrant students amid the district’s reported $100 million deficit.