The closures will run from Friday, Aug. 21, through Monday, Aug. 24.
WSDOT says travelers should expect congestion and delays on Interstate 405, Interstate 5, State Route 520 and State Route 99, with major closures in Bellevue, Seattle and Renton.
Seattle teachers are planning on striking?
@velma I’m not in SPS, but their bargaining is going just as poorly as in my district, so it would not surprise me.
Gotcha. Keep on fighting! I’ve always been on the side of teachers, y’all have such an important job.
As far as I can tell, none of them want to strike. However, contract is up and negotiations aren’t going well. Last I saw the district hasn’t even offered a tentative agreement, so the teachers don’t even have anything to vote on. There are only 3 bargaining meetings left on the schedule and voting is supposed to happen next week. The new superintendent is on the bargaining team (possibly in charge) and has admitted that he hasn’t even read the existing contract.
Disclaimer: not a teacher, just in the loop.
@Tujio @velma Truth! Neither Seattle teachers nor the teachers in my district have any desire to strike, but all we’re getting from district admin is takebacks & micro-managing of time. We’d all much prefer to start school with a contract that isn’t insulting (which is all district admin has brought forth in both districts), but trainings started this week, meetings next week, then school starts that following week & none of us have seen anything offered, so 🤷♀️.
