Article updated: 1/5/2013 4:04 PM

District 33 board, teachers hope to avoid strike

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Signs in some West Chicago lawns support the teachers union, which will meet again Wednesday with the District 33 school board for a negotiating session in an attempt to avoid a strike.

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Both sides in a contract dispute between West Chicago Elementary District 33 and its teachers union say they hope to reach an agreement to avoid a strike, despite two days of negotiations without progress on the issue of health care. School will resume Monday as scheduled after winter break. Representatives of the school board and the teachers union said Saturday they would like to see 16 months of bitter contract talks resolved during a bargaining session scheduled for 5 p.m. Wednesday.

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