The Associated Press reports 6,000 Public School Teachers represented by the United Educators of San Francisco went on Strike today (Monday, February 9th) - the City’s first such walkout in nearly 50 years. The Strike comes after Teachers and the District failed to reach an agreement over higher wages, health benefits and more resources for students with special needs. The San Francisco Unified School District closed all 120 of its Schools and said it would offer independent study to some of its 50,000 students. Union President Cassondra Curiel said: “We will continue to stand together until we win the Schools our students deserve and the contracts our Members deserve.” Last-ditch negotiations over the weekend failed to reach a new contract. The Union and the School District have been negotiating for nearly a year with Teachers demanding fully-funded family health care, salary raises and the filling of vacant positions impacting special education and services.

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