Teachers within the Kent School District have voted to authorize a strike that would begin on the first day of school if the district and union bargaining team, Kent Education Association (KEA), don’t reach an agreement on a new contract by the end of bargaining on Wednesday, Aug. 24.
The union also passed a vote of no confidence in the Kent School Board and Superintendent Israel Vela. Vela took over the position this year after serving as the interim superintendent.
“It’s a secretive process, behind closed doors, that the taxpayers pay for whatever they ultimately decide, but we’re not involved in the process. We don’t know what’s
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