D46: Proposals, Costs and Projections
With one negotiation session and two days between now and a potential strike, can the D46 School Board and the teachers' union find common ground?
The Grayslake CCSD 46 Board of Education and the teachers' union will make one final attempt Tuesday afternoon at negotiating a new contract in hopes of avoiding a strike on Wednesday. The two sides failed to reach an agreement Friday, after a six hour session with a federal mediator. The Current Proposals Board of Education: Teachers' Union While the union said Friday that it did share one suggestion of having a one year contract with only about a 1.75% salary increase for this year, Lake County Federation of Teachers Local 504 Business Agent Jim Pergander said, "The school board would only accept a one year deal with a hard freeze and no increase of any kind." Board President Ray Millington said Friday, "The school board has attempted to…
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1:36 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
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 … more ›