Schools in Portland, Oregon, reach tentative deal with teachers union after nearly month-long strike
Teachers and their supporters hold signs, chant and rally the crowd with bullhorns on the first day of a teacher's strike in Portland, Ore., on Nov. 1, 2023. Portland Public Schools said late Sunday, Nov. 26, it had reached a tentative deal with the teachers’ union that will send the district’s roughly 45,000 students back to class Monday after nearly a month without classes. (AP Photo/Claire Rush, File)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s largest school district said late Sunday it had reached a tentative agreement with its teachers union and roughly 45,000 students would be back in school Monday after more than three weeks without classes.
The agreement must still be voted on by teachers who have been on the picket line since Nov. 1 over issues of pay, class sizes and planning time. It must also be approved by the school board, but the union agreed that classes could resume while those votes go forward. Portland Public Schools students missed 11 days of school before the district began its weeklong Thanksgiving break.
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