Strike Fears Ended! VUSD and VTA come to a tenative agreement

The Vista Unified School District website is announcing that after 13 hours of negotiations a Tentative Agreement has  been reached. This agreement for all intents and purposes means an end to chances of a strike or other work actions by the school teachers. Of course T.A.s have to be ratified by the Vista Teachers Association membership, agreed to by the majority of VUSD school board members and reviewed by the County Office of Education, but all of those steps usually are more or less pro forma.

Congrats and a big thanks to the VTA Bargaining Team for their many, many long hours of work while the rest of us enjoyed summer vacation.

Read more at the VUSD website home page :  http://www.vusd.k12.ca.us/Pages/default.aspx 
which says:

"Vista Unified School District (VUSD) and the Vista Teacher’s Association (VTA) reached a tentative agreement at 10:32pm on Friday, August 3^rd, 2012 after roughly thirteen hours of mediated negotiations.  Next steps will include ratification of the agreement by VTA, review by the County Office of Education, and approval from the VUSD School Board on August 16^th.  The tentative agreement is for 2012-13 and 2013-14.  Details of the agreement will be released soon."

or Superintendent Devin Vodicka's twitter account which is also on the VUSD splash page and says:

dvodicka After 13 hours of mediated negotiations, VUSD and VTA sign Tentative Agreement for 2012-13 and 2013-14.