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CPS-teacher talks stall

BY JESSICA BROWN • JLBROWN@ENQUIRER.COM • SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

More than eight months after their contract expired, the Cincinnati Public School District and its 2,300 teachers continue to butt heads on key issues at the bargaining table.

Public pressure is mounting for talks to continue. And while both sides say they are making slow progress, CPS board member Eve Bolton late last week said, "It could still go either way."

An impasse could lead to a third party hashing out the final agreement.

According to those in the negotiating room, the district and the Cincinnati Federation of Teachers can find few issues to agree on. They are making progress in some areas like discipline and special