"The Philadelphia School District will negotiate with its teachers union through the long holiday weekend in hope of reaching agreement on a new contract, district officials said yesterday.
They are optimistic a settlement will be reached before teachers return to work on Tuesday after Martin Luther King's Birthday, said district spokeswoman Evelyn Sample-Oates.
The contract was to expire at 12:01 a.m. today.
While the union's contract has been extended five times since Aug. 31, 2008, when the previous four-year pact expired, union and district officials said they were determined to reach an agreement as another deadline approached.
Union officials said yesterday that they were pressing for a settlement by the midnight expiration.
'We are continuing our negotiations with the goal of reaching an agreement by midnight,' Jerry Jordan, president of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, said in a statement."
They are optimistic a settlement will be reached before teachers return to work on Tuesday after Martin Luther King's Birthday, said district spokeswoman Evelyn Sample-Oates.
The contract was to expire at 12:01 a.m. today.
While the union's contract has been extended five times since Aug. 31, 2008, when the previous four-year pact expired, union and district officials said they were determined to reach an agreement as another deadline approached.
Union officials said yesterday that they were pressing for a settlement by the midnight expiration.
'We are continuing our negotiations with the goal of reaching an agreement by midnight,' Jerry Jordan, president of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, said in a statement."