District, classified workers head to mediation

Washougal School District and its classified employees have hit a stumbling block in their contract negotiations and will soon enter into mediation.

“We’ve met 12 times and can’t come to an agreement,” said Brenda Brock, Washougal’s chapter president of the Public School Employees of Washington, SEIU 1948, which represents more than 30,000 classified educational support employees working in Washington State public schools.