State mediators are getting involved in negotiations between Mt. Diablo Unified School District and its teachers’ union, which this week filed an impasse declaration, saying the district’s bargaining team has failed to present a reasonable proposal.

The current contract for workers with the Mt. Diablo Education Association, which represents more than 1,500 teachers, nurses, librarians and various school specialists, expired on June 30, and MDEA filed the declaration with the state’s Public Employee Relations Board after negotiations left the two sides far apart.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.