{"id":167580,"date":"2026-02-07T02:05:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T02:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/167580\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T02:05:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T02:05:35","slug":"san-francisco-schools-on-verge-of-closing-over-possible-teachers-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/167580\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco schools on verge of closing over possible teachers strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/san-francisco\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:San Francisco;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">San Francisco<\/a> schools will close next week if a teachers&#8217; strike occurs in the next few days, the district announced on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) Superintendent Maria Su announced that if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/education\/teachers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:teachers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">teachers<\/a> go on strike, which would be the first in nearly 50 years, schools will close.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"San Francisco\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2d4187f7121d65d484d463d30756b7b5.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The San Francisco skyline is visible on April 26, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>(AP Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/tuberculosis-outbreak-linked-prominent-high-school-officials-investigating\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tuberculosis Outbreak Linked To Prominent High School, Officials Investigating;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Tuberculosis Outbreak Linked To Prominent High School, Officials Investigating<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Educators are expected to strike on Monday unless they reach a deal. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/sf\/article\/sfusd-teacher-strike-san-francisco-21336612.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The San Francisco Chronicle;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The San Francisco Chronicle<\/a> obtained emails showing that although negotiations between the United Educators of San Francisco and the district were expected to occur on Friday evening, union officials were not pleased, saying, &#8220;given the proposal we received last night it was clear the district needed more time to prepare a serious offer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The district said that SFUSD and United Educators of San Francisco had been negotiating an agreement since March 2025. SFUSD is &#8220;grappling with a dire fiscal reality,&#8221; the district said.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"People inhabit encampments on the streets of San Francisco's Mission District.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5acf0462e97c895fb48316ca11ff739b.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>San Francisco schools may have to shut down if a teachers&#8217; strike occurs in the next few days, the district announced on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/schools-let-students-leave-class-protest-ice-have-failing-academic-records\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Schools That Let Students Leave Class To Protest Ice Have Failing Academic Records;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Schools That Let Students Leave Class To Protest Ice Have Failing Academic Records<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS\/mvaj7wvj\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Read On The Fox News App;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Read On The Fox News App<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We do not want a strike,&#8221; Su said. &#8220;Our goal continues to be to keep our children in classrooms. I remain hopeful that our labor partners will return to the bargaining table so that we can review this report and avoid any disruption to student learning.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The district\u2019s panel recommended a 3% wage increase effective July 1, 2025, followed by an additional 3% increase on July 1, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cassondra Curiel, president of the United Educators of San Francisco, in a statement late Thursday said that members were disappointed in the district.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Empty classroom with no students\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/75ea41c5075a18b08bc620ec8145cedb.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Cassondra Curiel, president of the United Educators of San Francisco, in a statement late Thursday said that members were disappointed by the district.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We are incredibly disappointed in the district&#8217;s continued lack of urgency here,&#8221; Curiel said. &#8220;All week, we have been bombarded with the message that the district was prepared to come to the table and give us a serious proposal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">If a strike does occur, Mayor Daniel Lurie said, the city&#8217;s departments will offer free meals and some extended child care services, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kqed.org\/news\/12072599\/sf-schools-will-close-if-teachers-strike-heres-how-city-hall-plans-to-step-in\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:according to KQED;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">according to KQED<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Original article source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/san-francisco-schools-verge-closing-over-possible-teachers-strike\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:San Francisco schools on verge of closing over possible teachers strike;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">San Francisco schools on verge of closing over possible teachers strike<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Francisco schools will close next week if a teachers&#8217; strike occurs in the next few days, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,8209,103,102,104,106,105,80432],"class_list":{"0":"post-167580","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco","8":"tag-san-francisco","9":"tag-san-francisco-chronicle","10":"tag-san-francisco-headlines","11":"tag-san-francisco-news","12":"tag-sf","13":"tag-sf-headlines","14":"tag-sf-news","15":"tag-teachers-strike"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}