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Patch Poll: Time to End the 109 Impasse?
Readers can let the union and District know their level of patience with the current uncertainty.
Will the next mediation session between representatives of the and Thursday be the last?
The two sides have been getting closer to a deal but remain apart on major issues like compensation, benefits and teacher evaluations. Special education issues appear closer to agreement District 109 School Board President Ellen London told Patch Friday.
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on the ongoing talks as teachers demonstrate outside, Patch’s latest unscientific poll will gauge reader patience with the progress of the deliberations. The next Board is at 7 p.m. April 16.
Readers can urge the Board and the union to wrap up the negotiations at Thursday’s session or implore them to take all the time they need. Voting remains open until 5 p.m. Wednesday. Patch will publish the results Thursday morning before the DEA and District talk again.
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Meanwhile, based on statements made Friday to Patch by union President Dennis Jensen, there can be no strike before April 23.
Though the teachers voted to authorize their union representatives to and declared an , they must issue a notice of intent to strike with the Board and then wait 10 days before there can be a work stoppage.
“We haven't filed it (the notice of intent to strike) with the Board yet and have no intention of doing so before the end of Thursday's session,” Jensen said to Patch Friday. “We certainly hope that step will be unnecessary.”
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