SPS labor, enrollment, transportation, and technology-policy questions

SPS teachers ratified a three-year agreement after 30 bargaining sessions, averting a first-day strike; raises exceed 8.8% over three years, while classroom-support and implementation questions remain. About 300 contracted bus drivers have strike authorization, but no walkout date is set. Enrollment below 50,000 has prompted a process that could lead to school mergers, while families are also asking SPS for stronger AI and ed-tech oversight, consent, paper alternatives, and screen-time safeguards.