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In West Chicago Dist. 33, even how talks ended is in dispute

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Teachers in West Chicago Elementary District 33 were on picket lines Monday at schools throughout the district, including Pioneer Elementary.

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Students are escorted into Pioneer Elementary School Monday to attend alternative programs while teachers in West Chicago Elementary District 33 remain on strike.

Scott Sanders | Staff Photographer

Signs supporting West Chicago Elementary District 33 teachers in their contract talks with the school board have been up for weeks in some yards.

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Striking teachers were walking picket lines in West Chicago Elementary District 33 with little immediate hope of a contract settlement. Even the end of Sunday's last-ditch bargaining session was shrouded in controversy. The school board said the union rejected its settlement offer and rejected a suggestion that it postpone a strike, but the union said weren't aware the talks had ended. "The board walked out and didn't tell us," Mary Catherine Kosmach, the union's chief negotiator, said.

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    • Teachers in West Chicago Elementary District 33 were on picket lines Monday at schools throughout the district, including Pioneer Elementary.
    • Students are escorted into Pioneer Elementary School Monday to attend alternative programs while teachers in West Chicago Elementary District 33 remain on strike.
    • Signs supporting West Chicago Elementary District 33 teachers in their contract talks with the school board have been up for weeks in some yards.
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