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Friday, November 9, 2012

UPDATE: Geneva Teachers Set to Strike on Monday; GEA Issues Press Release

The Geneva Education Association says Geneva teachers will go on strike Monday.

A Geneva Education Association press release says a teachers strike will happen Monday. Geneva Education Association President Carol Young says Thursday's 10-hour negotiating session was productive but did not result in an agreement. Young said the GEA offered to meet over the weekend, but the School Board task force said Tuesday would be the soonest that talks could resume. The board has a meeting scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Monday. A press release from School District 304 is expected later this morning.  Geneva Patch will update this post when additional information is available. Here's the GEA press release: The following statement may be attributed to Carol Young, president of the Geneva Education Association (GEA). “The GEA negotiation …

In this Article:

Schools Post Negotiations Webpage; FAQs Available on GEA, D304 Sites (in Geneva Patch), Geneva School Board, GEA Talks Will Resume Friday (in Geneva Patch), Reports: GEA Members Authorize Strike; Nov. 9 Earliest Possible Strike Date (in Geneva Patch), and 27 more ›

DJP

9:27 pm on Sunday, November 11, 2012

The announcement will be made @ 5AM Monday.   more ›

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Geneva School Board, GEA Will Meet Again Thursday

An eight-hour negotiating session doesn't come up with a tentative contract agreement, but both sides will meet again in hopes of an 11th-hour settlement prior to a possible Nov. 9 teachers strike.

  • GOVERNMENT
  • Rick Nagel
  • Wednesday, November 7, 2012

For Genevans hoping and praying for a settlement prior to a Friday teachers-strike deadline, the initial news from Tuesday's negotiating session was mixed and a little sketchy. School District 304 issued a press release and sent an email via 304 Connects informing the community that the Board of Education and the Geneva Education Association continued negotiations Tuesday evening with the help of a federal mediator. "Proposals were exchanged, and both parties agreed to meet again on Thursday, Nov. 8," the release said. As of 10:50 a.m. Tuesday, the GEA had not issued a press release regarding the issue or posted one on its website, gea4students.com. Following the Oct. 26 negotiations session, the School Board and GEA released details and …

In this Article:

Schools Post Negotiations Webpage; FAQs Available on GEA, D304 Sites (in Geneva Patch), Geneva School Board, GEA Talks Will Resume Friday (in Geneva Patch), Reports: GEA Members Authorize Strike; Nov. 9 Earliest Possible Strike Date (in Geneva Patch), and 25 more ›

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Silence Dogood

2:38 pm on Friday, November 9, 2012

Gosh, Edward, I'm SO sorry, I wasn't assuming anything, I was inferring....but hey, if that's how you choose to see it, then we'll just have to agree to disagree, and I will reluctantly acknowledge you may be half right.   more ›

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