SESPA and School District hold initial meeting with state mediator

SESPA - the Services Employees Union (an affiliate of the Washington Education Association - WEA) and the Shoreline School District held an initial meeting with a state mediator on August 3 to review logistics and process in preparation for a formal mediation session to be held on August 16.

Contract talks between SESPA and the school district came to a halt last month and the state mediator was scheduled. At stake are preparation days which the District proposes to cut from various jobs under the SESPA umbrella, which includes nurses, library aides, crossing guards, and a dozen other school support jobs, and a revision of the method for salary ranges for job categories.