(Updated at 10:43 am on Aug. 29, 2018, to add that the Tacoma Education Association says the raise the district is offering is 0.6 percent above what's in the current contract.) Just a day before school is set to start in Kent, the Kent Education Association said on Facebook it has reached a tentative agreement with the school district. The teachers' union had been at odds with district administration and said the district was trying to use money from the state intended for teacher salaries to