No school on Monday.
Interim Superintendent John Robidoux has canceled school for Monday, due to the teachers strike.
Both sides have been working with a state mediator all weekend. About 500 people attended a community rally at Seaside Park this afternoon to support teachers.
Sunday at 6:30 p.m., the School Committee’s bargaining team emailed a letter to students’ families.
“We are at the end of a troubling week with our teachers still on strike and our children still out of their classrooms. In spite of 60+ hours of negotiations before a state-appointed mediator, we have not reached a contract agreement with the Marblehead Education Association,” the letter reads.
“The committee’s offer is fair and reflects the realities of the town’s financial limits. It would raise the average salary of our teachers around 18% to just under $100,000 and the top salary to close to $109,000. Two-thirds of our teachers would be at that top salary. Our proposals are also fair to our paraprofessionals, custodians, maintenance personnel, bus drivers and tutors.”
The teachers union has scheduled a press conference at 7:45 p.m. The Current will be there.
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