The teachers’ union and officials in the Mt. Diablo Unified School District have reached an agreement, ending an impasse that had lasted more than a month.

Officials from the Mt. Diablo Education Association and Mt. Diablo Unified School District issued a joint statement Saturday to announce the tentative agreement, which must be approved by the union members and the district board to become final.

The joint statement noted that union and district officials met Friday, March 18, with a fact-finding panel for several hours to reach the agreement, which includes salary increases of 10.5 percent over three years: 4 percent for the current school year and for the 2022-23 school year, plus 2.5 percent for the 2023-24 school year.

The raise is slightly lower than the 12.5 percent increase union officials said in February they were seeking.

“Both MDEA and the District believe this settlement is the best agreement possible after discussion with the fact-finding panel, and considering the available up-to-date information,” according to the joint statement.

Afterward, members of both bargaining teams posed for a photograph included in the joint statement.

The district serves 29,000 students in Walnut Creek, Concord, Bay Point, Pleasant Hill, Clayton, Pittsburg and Martinez.

Katy St. Clair got her start in journalism by working in the classifieds department at the East Bay Express during the height of alt weeklies, then sweet talked her way into becoming staff writer, submissions editor, and music editor. She has been a columnist in the East Bay Express, SF Weekly, and the San Francisco Examiner. Starting in 2015, she begrudgingly scaled the inverted pyramid at dailies such as the Vallejo Times-Herald, The Vacaville Reporter, and the Daily Republic. She has her own independent news site and blog that covers the delightfully dysfunctional town of Vallejo, California, where she also collaborates with the investigative team at Open Vallejo. A passionate advocate for people with developmental disabilities, she serves on both the Board of the Arc of Solano and the Arc of California. She lives in Vallejo.