Kaneland teachers demonstrate
Kaneland District 302 teachers and district representatives have set two additional negotiating sessions with a mediator to follow last night's first mediation since teachers issued an intent to strike.
The additional sessions have been scheduled for Oct. 18 and 19. The first day the teachers could legally strike would be Oct. 16.
Dozens of teachers rallied outside the district office just before last night's mediation session which went into the evening. The two sides are about $1.2 million apart on salaries and retirement benefits over the three-year contract.
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Kaneland Middle School sixth grade teacher Kevin Boltz, center, visits with others gathered at District 302 offices on Thursday evening as district representatives and a teachers union negotiating team met to try and avert a strike.
Patrick Kunzer | Staff Photographer
Dozens of people stood vigil outside of School District 302 offices as school board representatives and a teachers union negotiating team worked into the night on Thursday.