Rumor has it the Board is going to cancel on Sunday night. The BOE is supposed to meet with the Fed Mediator an hour early at 5pm and the negotiations would start at 6pm with the Union.

Whatever side you are on, make sure BOE doesn't care more about their 3-day weekend plans and shows up to settle this.

If the BOE doesn't show up, this strike is going another week. With 2 weeks of striking, the BOE will have made enough money up to pay the teachers but the lost school days won't be made up.

Wouldn't it be sad if this whole strike was the BOE's attempt to put money aside at the sake of our children's education? How sad would that be. I wouldn't be surprised if that was their intention the whole time.

I would expect a refund for the days of education your children don't receive.

Make sure the Board of Ed shows up on Sunday for the meeting.

BB

Why are you placing all the blame on the BOE? The teachers have been offered the opportunity to continue working and have chosen to strike instead.

Black Betty there are more appropriate places on the net for you to talk about the pets you keep in your pocket.

I call time outs and naps for everyone!

The BOE has no intention of negotiating. Clearly it's their way or the highway and to Hell with the teachers or kids. With the BOE brain trust on one side of the table this could go on and on. This BOE is a terrifying buffet of unethical behavior and incompetence.

Bb, if the strike goes two weeks and the two weeks of missed days are made up, the teachers will still get paid for those days and no money will be saves so your BOE conspiracy theory just doesn't hold water.

350 people showed up Sunday in the freezing cold to support the teachers of their district. That’s:
• 10 times the number that showed up for either of the For Our Children’s Future town halls.
• 10 times the number, on average, that shows up to BOE meetings.
• 5 times the number that have ever shown up for a BOE meeting (in recent history).
30 local business showed their support for the teachers by supplying food, providing parking, providing warming shelters, allowing access to their bathrooms, and donating cash to help teachers that might need it in a prolonged strike. Residual benefits went to local food banks through excess donations. That’s:
• 10 times the number of local business’s that spoke at any levy hearing.
• Equal to the number of attendants at any For Our Children’s Future town Hall.
• Equal to or greater than the average attendance at a BOE meeting.
Actions speak louder than words. I applaud the board for listening to the public. I only wish the silent majority had been more vocal at the levy hearings. It’s too late to do what the public really wanted.