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SLIDE SHOW: Kent teachers walk picket line in defiance of judge’s order, no school Wednesday
With teachers in the Kent School District deciding Monday to defy a King County Superior Court Judge's order…
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Second mediator added to Kent School District and teachers’ union negotiations
A second state mediator was sent to Kent this past weekend to help work toward an agreement on…
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Kent School Board looking for a labor agreement with teachers
Members of the Kent School Board have been staying updated on the negotiations between the district and the…
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STRIKE UPDATE: Clock ticking and no resolution in sight with Kent teachers’ union vote set for tonight
Negotiations between the Kent School District and the Kent Education Association continued over the weekend and through Labor…
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Kent teachers’ union to consider defying court order
The Kent Education Association Thursday afternoon announced it was giving the district "one more opportunity to do the…
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READ RULING: Judge orders halt to strike, union to decide course of action
A judge has ordered schools in Kent to open for students on Wednesday. Union members, however, may still…
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STRIKE UPDATE: Judge to make decision on Kent Education Association strike Thursday
After hearing both sides in the district’s request for an injunction to end the Kent Education Association’s week-long…
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READ FILING: Kent School District files injunction in King County Superior Court to end strike
The Kent School District filed a complaint in King County Court at 1 p.m. today (Tuesday) seeking to…
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TEACHERS’ STRIKE: Kent School District and union talks continue, but no agreement in sight
The scheduled first day of school in Kent came and went Monday with still no contract agreement between…
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STRIKE UPDATE: Kent teachers vote by wide margin to picket
The Kent Education Association, the teachers' union for the Kent School District, has voted tonight (Wednesday) overwhelmingly to…
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Negotations between Kent teachers union and school district end without agreement
The last day of negotiations before the Kent Education Association’s member meeting ended without an agreement on the…
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Decision day: Strike vote arrives for Kent School District teachers
After a week of intense negotiations during which the Kent School District and the Kent Education Association met…
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High school sports will continue in Kent School District even if teachers strike
Strike or not, the games will go on. Officials in the Kent School District this week said that…
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UPDATE:State mediator to enter talks between Kent School District and education association
The Kent School District officially declared an impasse Aug. 14 in negotiations with the Kent Education Association, setting…
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VIEW LETTER: Teachers strike looms in Kent School District
The Kent School District late Friday afternoon officially declared an impasse in negotiations with the Kent Education Association,…
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Kent schools bracing for return of H1N1 virus
As students around the country and state are preparing to head back to school, district officials are preparing…
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Kent teachers union rejects district’s contract offer and threat of a strike now looms
Negotiations between the Kent School District and the union that represents teachers are continuing, but if a deadlock…
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Fly me to the moon again, man
I have always been something of a space case, I suppose. When I was younger, on one of…
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Kent School District officials and teachers union begin contract talks
Bargaining between the Kent School District and its teachers’ union has officially begun. The Kent Education Association’s current…
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New Covington Elementary School delayed another year
Residents in Covington will have to wait even longer for a replacement to Covington Elementary School, following a…