After a long negotiation process, San Diego Unified educators and employees have a new contract. They're saying it's one of the strongest union contracts in the state.
Teachers at Gompers Preparatory Academy, a public charter school in the Chollas View neighborhood of San Diego, voted 25-to-17 to break away from the SDEA after filing a petition.
The union has declared the agreement a “historic win,” however it provides no guaranteed staffing of counselors, paraeducators or nurses, and includes paltry wage increases that barely meet inflation.
Educators expressed a strong desire to fight against deteriorating conditions, including spiraling class sizes, high turnover, poorly maintained infrastructure and inadequate COVID-19 safety measures.