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The union representing paraeducators, bus drivers and mechanics in Vancouver’s Evergreen Public Schools is on its fourth day of a strike that could push the district to postpone the start of the school year a second time.

The contract between Evergreen’s Public School Employees of Washington chapter, which represents about 1,400 workers, and the school district expires Saturday. The union voted to strike last Thursday, and the district pushed back the planned Aug. 26 school opening by

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