No deal yet for teachers
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Bucks County Courier Times
North penn schools
No new talks were planned for the weekend, and odds looked good that North Penn teachers would return to the picket line Monday.
With no plans for negotiations and both sides sticking to their latest proposals, odds looked good that the North Penn teacher strike carrying would carry into a second week.
North Penn Education Association President Alan Malachowski said union representatives were willing to meet any time over the weekend. School board President Vince Sherpinsky said Saturday evening there was no contact between the two sides yesterday and he did not expect a resolution before a Monday court hearing.
"We expect to be in court Monday," Sherpinsky said.
Teachers have been on the picket line since Monday and two meetings between their union and the school board this week brought their bargaining positions only $37,000 closer.
At the court hearing meant to put legal weight behind the requirement that teachers return to school by Wednesday, union representatives will ask a judge to force both sides to sit down and bargain until their contract