The Evergreen school district and teachers union negotiated all day Sunday but still were no closer to reaching a teacher contract agreement ahead of the new school year, which starts Wednesday.
Regardless, Evergreen Public Schools students will start their new academic year Wednesday, if only for a day.
Even if an agreement isn’t reached by Tuesday evening and teachers vote to strike, a judge has ordered them to work on the first day of school.
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