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After an online meeting that lasted over five hours, the teachers and their union, the Association of Catholic Teachers, asked the archdiocese negotiators to come back to the bargaining table for more talks to try to hammer out a deal.
“They offered to go in, to give them an extension if they would take it and for both the system and the association to work to try to come to agreement so that we can take something back to the teachers so that they can get back to work, which is where they belong and where they want to be,” said Rita Schwartz, the union’s president.
Archdiocesan spokesman Ken Gavin said the talks already have resumed.
“Teachers will be coming back in and we will be moving forward as planned. And, the goal is let’s get this hammered out. Let’s get a contract in place and solidify this moving forward because we all know it’s been a challenging landscape for schools, for all of us in life and we want to move forward and get this done,” he said.
Gavin said the archdiocese is confident leadership on both sides of the table will amicably resolve their differences.