Keystone Oaks Teachers Threaten To Strike

DORMONT, PA - Teachers in the Keystone Oaks School District will go on strike Aug. 24 if a new contract agreement isn’t reached. The Keystone Oaks Education Association notified the district on Tuesday the work stoppage will occur if an agreement isn’t reached by midnight on Thursday.

District and union officials plan to meet Wednesday and Thursday in an attempt to avert a work stoppage. The union represents 160 teachers, counselors and nurses.

Teachers nearly went on strike in March, but agreed to extend the terms of an expired contract through the end of the 2016-17 school year. They had been working without a contract since the end of the 2015-16 school year.

Classes are supposed to start in the district on August 24. To comply with the Pennsylvania Department of Education law, the school year must end by June 15.

The district will release an up-to-date calendar as soon as possible. The district will allow extracurricular activities and athletic events to continue if the sponsor or coach wishes to continue to hold scheduled activities.