Twin Rivers Unified School District and its teachers union will return to the bargaining table Tuesday at the request of Assemblymember Maggy Krell.
Krell, whose Assembly district includes Twin Rivers, invited both parties via email Monday morning to return to the bargaining table to “engage in productive negotiations and end this strike.”
If the meeting is successful, it will put an end to Twin Rivers United Educators’ historic strike, which is in its third consecutive day.
“We are hopeful that TRUSD will finally recognize this crisis for what it is and bring proposals tomorrow that truly invest in students and classrooms,” President Brittoni Ward said. “We will be on the picket lines tomorrow and prepared to negotiate in good faith.”
Spokespeople for TRUSD and Krell did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The two parties last met to discuss the contract March 3, two days before the strike began Thursday.
Union leaders say they are fighting for improved compensation, fully paid employer health care and smaller class sizes. Ward argues that the increased cost to the district can be offset by spending down the district’s high reserves and moving money from contractors and district services to classrooms.
The district argues that it is being fiscally responsible by maintaining high reserves during a time of economic uncertainty.
Twin Rivers Unified enrolls around 25,000 students at 49 schools across North Sacramento, Rio Linda and North Highlands. The vast majority of its students, around 95%, are either English learners, foster youth, eligible for free or reduced-price meals, or a combination of the three.
Educators at Natomas Unified School District are set to strike beginning Tuesday. Both unions are a part of a statewide California Teachers Association campaign to improve working conditions for teachers.
This story was originally published March 9, 2026 at 3:20 PM.
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Jennah Pendleton is an education reporter for The Sacramento Bee. She previously covered schools and culture in the San Francisco Bay Area. She grew up in Orange County and is a graduate of the University of Oregon.