Politics & Government
Geneva School Board Calls Special Meeting Tuesday for Executive Session on Collective Bargaining
Board members are expected to ratify the three-year teachers contract agreement established in an 11th-hour negotiation session that avoided a teachers strike.
School District 304's Board of Education is expected to ratify a three-year teachers contract after the executive session of a special meeting now set for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20.
School Board President Mark Grosso said after Monday's regular meeting of the Board of Education that the board would be meeting early next week in special session but he was not sure at that time when the meeting would take place. District 304 sent notice of the meeting around 2:10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16.
The Geneva Education Association voted Wednesday to ratify the agreement.
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If the terms of Monday morning's 11th-hour agreement are accepted, it will mean the end of protracted and stressful negotiations between the School Board and the GEA.
Sunday's negotiation session, which concluded in the wee hours of Monday morning, avoided a teachers strike similar to those that have popped up in school districts throughout the Chicago area this year.
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Both sides agreed to keep the terms of the contract private until the GEA and board ratify the agreement.
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