Teachers Will Vote On Contract Next Week
The District 65 Educator’s Council will vote on a tentative contract agreement next week. School district officials and representatives of the union have been negotiating since March.
Members of the District 65 teachers’ union will vote next week on the tentative contract that union representatives and district officials agreed to on Monday. Details of the contract will be shared with the District 65 Educator’s Council (DEC) on Thursday, Aug. 30, the first day of work for teachers, according to a press release from union president Jean Luft. Teachers will vote by secret ballot the week school begins. “The District 65 teachers are eager to begin a successful school year with the students on Sept. 4,” Luft said in the release. Teachers and the administration have been negotiating a contract since March, and both parties agreed to bring in a federal mediator in August. After five sessions with the mediator, they reached …
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