Seattle Public Schools and the Seattle Education Association have reached tentative agreement SPS announced via twitter tonight.

"SPS and SEA bargaining teams have come to a tentative agreement. We will share an update on the start of school tomorrow afternoon. We look forward to welcoming students and staff for the 2022-23 school year."

Seattle Teachers Association released a statement:

"We stuck together, made our strength and unity known, and our action worked. We are excited to announce we have achieved a Tentative Agreement (TA) with Seattle Public Schools. Our solidarity on the picket lines and the enormous community support we received made all the difference. We should all be proud of what we accomplished and what we stood up for: student supports and respect for educators.

Our tentative agreement is for a 3-year contract with Special Education ratios maintained and improved in areas, adding baseline mental health staffing in all schools, and raises above IPD every year.

Ratifying the TA is part of our democratic union processes and to respect members' voices we are keeping the TA among members only until it is ratified. We extend our deepest gratitude to the many families, community members, union siblings, elected officials, and students who backed us.

This contract negotiation is one more step (albeit an important one!) along our years- and even decades-long journey to achieve the schools we all deserve. We made real progress not only in our contract but also in rallying with our community these past several weeks. After two incredibly difficult years impacted by COVID and so much more, it is beautiful to know that the community love and support for educators and our public schools is as strong as ever. We can and must continue to connect and rally with our communities for the schools our students deserve, whether locally or down in Olympia.

Our public schools truly are the Heart of our community.

In Solidarity,

Jennifer Matter"

When more information is available we will update this story.