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The Latest on Seattle teacher strike: 'We'll hold out as long as it takes,' educator says

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    Nancy Kiser, a fifth-grade teacher at Kimball Elementary School, examines a picket sign to be used in the event of a strike by teachers in the Seattle School District, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, in Seattle. Seattle teachers voted overwhelmingly last week to strike if the district and teachers fail to reach a contract agreement by the first day of school on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) (The Associated Press)

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    Seattle Education Association negotiators and supporters announce that they plan to start the school year on picket lines. Photographed on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, at the John Stanford Center in Seattle. Negotiations broke down and Seattle Public School teachers will go on strike for the first time in 30 years. (Joshua Trujillo/seattlepi.com via AP) (The Associated Press)

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    Phyllis Campano vice president of the Seattle Education Association, and other negotiators and supporters announce that they plan to start the school year on picket linesTuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, at the John Stanford Center in Seattle. Negotiations broke down and Seattle Public School teachers will go on strike for the first time in 30 years. (Joshua Trujillo/seattlepi.com via AP) (The Associated Press)

SEATTLE – The latest on the strike by public-school teachers in Seattle (all times local):

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8:50 a.m.

Teachers in Seattle are on the picket lines on what was supposed to be the first day of school after last-minute contract negotiations broke down.

The strike in Washington state's largest school district began Wednesday and sent parents scrambling to find alternative options, including working from home or signing up for other programs.

The district serves about 53,000 students. Members of the Seattle Education Association, which represents about 5,000 teachers and support staff, planned to picket all 97 schools in Seattle.

Amanda Poch, a 31-year-old kindergarten teacher at West Seattle Elementary, said she was "incredibly disappointed" that the talks broke down.

She pieced together picket signs that said "Fair Contract Now" and "On Strike," saying, "We'll hold out as long as it takes."