Updated Feb 10, 2026
Negotiations Tracker
A play-by-play record of the SFUSD teacher strike: what's been proposed, what's been countered, and where things stand right now.
Voluntary effort by SFUSD parents. All data linked to official sources. Feedback welcome.
Play by play
Timeline
From the first bargaining session to the picket line. Every key moment in the contract dispute.
Staff begin working without a contract.
Parties jointly declare impasse after 10 bargaining sessions.
5,202 union members vote to authorize a strike.
Neutral panel recommends 6% raises (3%/yr), pilot sped program, parcel tax bridge for health benefits.
UESF sets strike date for the following Monday.
2:27pm UESF proposal, 8pm SFUSD counter. Talks continue through the weekend.
Union rejects the request. Negotiations continue but no deal reached.
Picket lines at campuses across the city. Negotiations resume at War Memorial Opera House.
Schools remain closed. Negotiations status TBD.
Issue by issue
Where things stand
Each card shows what the union wants, what the district is offering, what the neutral panel recommended, and the latest movement.
Certificated Salary
Narrowing8% over 2 years (4% + 4%)
6% over 3 years (2% + 2% + 2%) per SFUSD.edu (Jan 23)
6% over 2 years (3% + 3%)
Latest: SFUSD also proposed 2 additional paid work days (1 for existing district PD, 1 virtual "grading day," both at teacher's discretion).
Classified Salary
Narrowing10% over 2 years (5% + 5%), plus additional hour for paras, T10 8-hr day, 10 floating holidays
Agreed to 10% (5+5), but cuts floating holidays from 10 to 6, struck additional para hour and T10 8-hr day. Added Career Increment C, medical para 5% augmentation, bilingual pay $35→$50.
6% across all staff (not broken out separately)
Latest: SFUSD 7:10pm counter agreed to 10% raises but with tradeoffs. Both sides agree on mandatory 1hr/week planning time and Career Increment C.
Dependent Health Benefits
Unresolved100% Kaiser for dependents, written into contract, effective July 1 2025
$24K/FTE annual allowance via parcel tax MOU, sunsets Dec 2028
Parcel tax as temporary bridge
Latest: UESF 3:17pm counter struck out all $24K/parcel tax/MOU language. Union wants coverage in the contract; district wants it outside via MOU.
Class Size
UnresolvedHard limits (enforceable caps) with specific numbers by grade/subject (e.g. TK-3: 22, grades 4-5: 30, HS English: 25). $1,000/semester overage pay per student over limit (max 2 over).
Keep as goals (current policy)
Keep as goals (no change)
Latest: UESF 3:17pm counter explicitly changes "goals" to "limits" throughout Article 9 and adds $1,000/semester overage pay. No district movement.
Special Education Caseloads
NarrowingWorkload model with specific caseload limits, counselors at 1:250, psychologists at 1:800, overload pay $1,000/semester
Keep caseload model; counselors at 1:450, psychologists at 1:700, overload pay $600
Pilot program at 3 elem, 1 middle, 1 high school
Latest: UESF 3:17pm counter proposes specific caseload numbers and lower ratios across related service providers. Both sides engaging on details.
Shelter & Housing
NarrowingContinue Stay Over (removes site availability contingency, keeps City funding condition), Joint Initiative for 2nd site by 2027-28, 6 union eval seats on property development committee
Continue Stay Over (contingent on site availability + city funding), Joint Initiative agreed, cut union eval seats from 6 to 1 in 8:41pm counter
Supportive of joint initiative
Latest: Closest issue to agreement. Both agree on Stay Over + Joint Initiative. Sticking points: site availability contingency and number of union eval seats (6 vs 1).
Sanctuary Protections
AgreedJoint resolution affirming SFUSD as a sanctuary district. Union originally sought contract language; agreed to resolution format.
Joint resolution affirming SFUSD as a sanctuary district. District proposed resolution approach (not written into contract).
Joint resolution approach
Latest: Tentative agreement reached on joint resolution language.
AI in Schools
AgreedJoint working group to study AI use in schools. Union originally sought specific contract language governing AI.
Joint working group to study AI use in schools. District proposed working group approach.
Working group approach
Latest: Both sides agree on establishing a working group.
Looking ahead
What to watch
Certificated salary gap narrowed. District moved to 3%+3% (matching the panel), union at 4%+4%. A 2-point gap remains.
Classified salary numbers now match (10%), but SFUSD paired it with tradeoffs: fewer holidays (10→6), no extra para hours. Will the union accept the package?
Health benefits remain structurally apart. Union wants 100% Kaiser in the contract; district wants a $24K parcel tax MOU. UESF struck out all MOU language on Feb 9.
Shelter & housing is the closest to agreement. Both agree on Stay Over + Joint Initiative. Sticking points: site availability contingency and union eval seats.
UESF rejected SFUSD's contingencies (sabbatical pause, dept head prep period cap, 2 additional paid work days). All three were conditions SFUSD attached to its salary offer.
What parents should prepare for
Plan for school closures
Schools remain closed during the strike. Arrange backup childcare.
Check SFUSD.edu daily
The district posts updates on school status and meal distribution sites.
Talk to your kids
Explain what's happening in age-appropriate terms. They're hearing about it.
Know your workplace rights
California law protects parents who miss work due to school closures (Labor Code 230.8).
Methodology
Sources
All information comes from official bargaining documents, the factfinding report, or credible news coverage.