Striking workers at Evergreen Public Schools reached a deal with the district Thursday night, ending a delay in the school year that extended into a third week.

District officials announced the deal just after 7 p.m. Thursday.

“I am so happy to confirm that classes in Evergreen Public Schools will begin tomorrow, September 12,” Superintendent Christine Moloney wrote. “We will focus on having our students back in the classroom, and our staff giving them the education they deserve.”

The move ended 12 days without classes at the start of the school year for Evergreen as around 1,400 classified workers, including bus drivers, paraeducators, security officers and support staff, asked for better wages. Details of the contract were not immediately available.

The delays at Evergreen were just one piece of several labor discussions taking place in Southwest Washington school districts this year.

La Center Education Association members and the La Center School District reached a tentative agreement Thursday night as well, possibly bringing a roughly weeklong strike there to an end.

“Thank you for your patience and understanding during this process. We are looking forward to welcoming students back to their classrooms,” La Center Superintendent Peter Rosenkranz wrote in a brief statement.

La Center union members are scheduled to ratify the tentative deal Friday and classes are currently scheduled to resume Monday.

Meanwhile, members of the Vancouver Association of Educational Support Professionals voted Thursday to authorize a strike in the Vancouver Public Schools District.

That union’s contract with the district expired in August. Much like the other strikes, workers in Vancouver are asking for better wages and working conditions in the schools. Both sides will continue in mediation Friday and a date for a potential strike has not been set, according to KGW.

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