Woodland Teachers Approve New Deal

Woodland teachers voted in favor of a new salary agreement Friday morning at a general membership meeting, making them the first district in the county to settle during a summer in which all districts are involved with tense negotiations. The new agreement will give teachers in Woodland a 22.82 percent increase on total salary compensation.

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