VANCOUVER, Wash. (KOIN) – Class is once again canceled for Evergreen Public Schools (EPS) as support staff have rejected what union members said is the district’s “final offer.”
Hundreds of teachers, staff, and parents held picket lines outside various school campuses in Vancouver on Thursday ahead of the vote.
In the afternoon, the Evergreen Chapter of Public School Employees of Washington SEIU Local 1948 (PSE) ultimately voted to reject the latest offer from the district after EPS administrators announced the district would once again push back the start of school during negotiations…