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Posted on 02/09/2026 9:22:23 AM PST by DFG
Striking San Francisco public school teachers left schools closed and classrooms empty Monday as they demand a deal for higher pay, fully funded healthcare and more staffing.
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie said he was “disappointed” and “frustrated” that United Educators of San Francisco — which oversees 6,000 unionized public school employees — could not reach an agreement with the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) over the weekend, ABC7 News Bay Area reported. Lurie made a plea in a Sunday social media post to delay the strike for three days so about 50,000 students could stay in classrooms while talks continue, but negotiations stalled and employees went forward with their picket plans.
Talks between the two groups Saturday produced an agreement on “sanctuary district” policies, housing and regulation of artificial intelligence (AI), according to the school district’s website. The sanctuary policies will block Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from entering schools and prevent staff from assisting in federal immigration enforcement, per the district’s website.
There was no movement on employee wages during Saturday’s talks. The union wants 4.5% raises each year for two years while the district is offering a 6% raise over two years, according to ABC7 News Bay Area.
“I want families to know how deeply we value our educators and committed I am to avoiding a strike,” SFUSD Superintendent Maria Su said during a news briefing Friday. “While I am very disappointed these negotiations did not result in an agreement last night, my team and I are prepared to bargain the entire weekend. I do not want a strike.”
SFUSD schools will remain closed until an agreement is reached, causing uncertainty for families as parents scramble to find childcare. San Francisco educators last walked out in 1979, sparking a six-week strike after the district laid off over 1,000 teachers due to funding cuts, according to SFGate.
Retiring former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic California State Sen. Scott Wiener — a leading candidate for Pelosi’s House seat — joined Lurie’s eleventh-hour call to delay the strike Sunday, according to Mission Local. After learning talks had stalled, the city began mobilizing efforts to fill the gaps empty schools would leave for students.
“That includes meal distribution for students who rely on school for food access, extra hours at community childcare centers and Rec and Park programs, and community safety resources to keep kids safe if they’re not in school,” Lurie said Sunday.
The United Educators of San Francisco did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
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Will anyone even be able to tell that they’re missing…?
It’s not like those kids are learning anything…
“””Striking San Francisco public school teachers left schools closed and classrooms empty Monday”””””
One less day for the “teachers” to indoctrinate the kids. I call it a win.
Not worth the money they’re getting now
Best thing that could happen for the kids.
Avg teacher pay in San Francisco
public $100,000
private $55,000
Covid and the teachers’ union proved that remote learning was perfectly good and accepted.
No reason the kids can not “learn from home” while the teachers strike.
And have remote teachers give the classes.
The empty schools are demanding better pay? The teachers left the kids in the empty schools? Doesn't that mean the schools were full of kids? Maybe the kids are demanding better pay.
The writer seems to be implying that the kids were harmed by the teachers' absence instead of thrilled that they didn't have to go to school.
While the indoctrinators are home demanding more money, they should replace them with actual educators.
Oh, please. DemonicRAT politicians “negotiating” with DemonicRAT Unions on how much more they can fleece from taxpayers. Who is representing the taxpayers? Nobody. SFers are as screwed as NYers. Enjoy the warm suck/embrace of Collectivism, aholez. This is what you voted for.
A few less days (or weeks, months or years!) of BRAINWASHING is going to do those kids a world of good! ;)
its completely unsustainable that US government prints money and creates massive debt - to fund bloated woke welfare bureaucracies, and thieving woke NGOs in places like CA, NY, MN
We are funding our own destruction
The public school developed cancer 40 yrs ago. The pouring out of indoctrinated children onto the streets last week is indication the cancer is Stage 4, metastatic.
States will have to go 100% school choice and close the government mind factories.
Thank Jimmah Carter and his Dept of Ed for the collapse of public education in this country. Most of the so called “elites” in DC send their kids to private schools like Sidwell Friends in the DC area. Can’t have their offspring rubbing elbows with the common unwashed.
🤣🤣🤣 sadly funny and true…
But they are succeeding in turning out morons for sure.
dam straight !
The city will open its coffers to establish "Learing Centers", provoking a mass migration of Somalis from Minneapolis...
Then I thought well, maybe not. SF has its own gang of fraudsters, they don't need to import them from Minneapolis or Somalia.
Also, those learing centers would compete with (and maybe replace) union teachers. And they would actually have students in them...
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