Statement from Mayor Bowser, Chancellor Ferebee, and WTU President Pogue-Lyons on Tentative Contract Agreement
Date Released:
Mon, 09/30/2024
(Washington, DC) – Today, after more than a year of dedicated negotiations, Mayor Muriel Bowser and Chancellor Lewis D. Ferebee joined Washington Teachers’ Union (WTU) President Jacqueline Pogue-Lyons in making the following announcement after DC Public Schools (DCPS) and WTU leadership reached a tentative contract agreement:
“Every day, more than 5,000 DCPS educators show up to their schools to love, challenge, and prepare our young people for their futures — and they are the best at what they do.



