Sheridan teachers union threatens recall of school board as strike drags on
Source: Colorado Sun
Educators have spent more than a week on the picket line. They remain in a stalemate with the district as neither side budges over one policy.
Erica Breunlin
3:52 AM MDT on Apr 10, 2026
Union leaders behind a teachers strike that began more than a week ago in Sheridan School District say they are prepared to pursue a recall of the district’s four school board members.
Educators belonging to the Sheridan Education Association, along with other school staff, parents and students, have walked the picket line since April 1. They are calling for district officials and the board to reinstate the teachers’ contract, recognize the local union and include education support professionals, such as bus drivers and janitors, in the bargaining unit. They also want the district to retract staff disciplinary policies.
Teachers in the small metro Denver district have been working without a contract since July 31.
The union and district have made little progress in negotiating a new contract since then, with months of gridlock hitting a high note this week when union leaders emailed the school board saying they will take steps to recall every board member “if the board continues to refuse to act.”
Alice Terry Elementary School student Evelyn Garcia, 8, chants in unison with Hannah Johnson, an instructional support assistant at her school, during a teachers strike April 9, 2026, in Englewood. The strike, held by the Sheridan Education Association, has stretched for more than a week with the union and Sheridan School District making little progress on returning to the bargaining table. (Erica Breunlin, The Colorado Sun)
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