Sacramento: New contract calls for more counselors and mental health workers in schools

Nov 6, 2017, NBC3 Sacramento: Sacramento school district, teachers reach agreement http://www.kcra.com/article/sacramento-school-district-teachers-reach-agreement-3/13438733 The Sacramento Teachers Union and the Sacramento City Unified School District announced Monday that they have reached a contract agreement, preventing an impending teachers strike that would have affected thousands of students. … The proposed contract said that for every dollar the district and the union can save together, that money will go to further reducing class sizes, increasing the number of counselors, mental health workers, nurses, librarians and other key people, according to Steinberg.