teacher strike
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After what looked to be a stand off on Friday, there’s been a breakthrough over the weekend in negotiations between the South Pacific Academy board of directors and striking SPA teachers.
Sunday, March 14, attorney for the striking teachers, Charles Alailima announced...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Thirteen teachers at South Pacific Academy who went on strike last week Monday presented a signed petition to the SPA board of directors, which met on Wednesday afternoon. The meeting was chaired by new board member, Fiti Sunia, who is also the Associate Justice of the...

![The Teachers Group would like to express sincere gratitude to all those who have supported the group’s efforts in the past two weeks and especially to the many parents whose patience and support have kept hope alive for this positive outcome. Pictured here are signs seen outside SPA last week. [SN file photo] Teachers and demonstrators last week hold signs at SPA](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/teacher_strike_4cropped.jpg?itok=vgFVGnRz)
![A CIRCLE OF PRAYER — South Pacific Academy teachers are going into the second week of a strike and were joined last week by parents who support the teachers’ move to see policies established with teacher input to address serious conflicts of interest with overseeing grades, student policies and classroom management. [courtesy photo] Striking SPA teachers with their supporters outside of the school.](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/teacher_strike_1.jpg?itok=ZtGkU-eq)