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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 15, 2011
 
Contact: Dan Voelpel, director, Public Information, 253-571-1015, dvoelpe@tacoma.k12.wa.us

Teachers vote to continue to strike, Jarvis closes schools Sept. 16

​After learning that teachers declared their intention to remain on strike, Superintendent Art Jarvis announced that all Tacoma Public Schools will be closed tomorrow, Friday, September 16, due to insufficient school staffing.

The Tacoma School District and TEA bargaining teams met today with a state mediator to resume negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement.

Once again, all Tacoma Public Schools will be closed tomorrow, Friday, Sept. 16 due to insufficient staffing.

Please visit our district’s Web site at tacomaschools.org, follow us on facebook, or call the Labor Negotiations Hotline at 253-571-1302 for regular updates.

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Superintendent Arthur O. Jarvis, Ed.D., ajarvis@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Superintendent-Elect (Interim) Carla Santorno, csantor@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Central Administration Building, P.O. Box 1357, Tacoma, WA 98401-1357, 253.571.1000
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