Oakland Teachers Vote "Yes"

(CNN)

Celebrating what they call a victory for educators and students, Oakland, California teachers will be back in class Monday after approving a contract to end a seven-day strike.

Yet their fight isn't over, they said. They will continue to call for more classroom money, an end to school closures in black and Latino communities, and a ban on charter schools, which the teachers union says divert millions from the school district.The victory "sends the message that educators will no longer let this school district starve our neighborhood schools of resources," Oakland Education Association President Keith Brown said after the Sunday vote at the Paramount Theatre. "Oakland educators spoke clearly today at our ratification vote that this agreement will not be the end of our struggle, and we will continue to fight in Oakland and Sacramento," the state capital.Prior to the vote, the school district hailed the pact. Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell said, "We cannot fix decades of chronic underinvestment in education with a single contract, but this is an important first step."