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Possible progress in District 33 contract talks

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Teachers continued to walk picket lines Wednesday at Gary Elementary School in West Chicago, as negotiating teams for the union and school board returned to the bargaining table for the fifth time in nine days.

Paul Michna | Staff Photographer

Teachers continued to walk the picket lines Wednesday at Gary Elementary School in West Chicago, as negotiating teams for the union and school board returned to the bargaining table for the fifth time in nine days.

Paul Michna | Staff Photographer

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There were signs of possible progress in contract talks Wednesday in West Chicago Elementary District 33 as teachers walked picket lines for the third consecutive day. The school board and teachers union returned to the bargaining table with a federal mediator at 1 p.m. and were meeting into the evening. Mary Catherine Kosmach, the union's chief negotiator, said both bargaining teams are "close" to coming to terms on some issues, but nothing is official.

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    • Teachers continued to walk picket lines Wednesday at Gary Elementary School in West Chicago, as negotiating teams for the union and school board returned to the bargaining table for the fifth time in nine days.
    • Teachers continued to walk the picket lines Wednesday at Gary Elementary School in West Chicago, as negotiating teams for the union and school board returned to the bargaining table for the fifth time in nine days.
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