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Parents ‘happy it’s over’ as Dist. 33 classes resume

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Teachers, protesting here at Gary Elementary school in West Chicago, returned to the classroom Thursday after a three-day strike. A tentative contract agreement was reached shortly after midnight.

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West Chicago Elementary District 33 began calling parents overnight to tell them classes will be back in session this morning after a tentative contract deal was reached just after midnight.Parents Thursday said they were relieved their students could go back to their normal schedule after a three-day teachers strike. “I’m just happy it’s over with and they figured it all out because the kids need to be in school,” parent Stacy Rachus said.

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