Bethel Park Teachers On Picket Lines
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Posted: 7:36 am EDT October 25, 2010Updated: 7:46 am EDT October 25, 2010
BETHEL PARK, Pa. -- Teachers in Bethel Park are on the picket lines.Channel 11 was there as the first teachers arrived early Monday morning outside the Bethel Park administration building.The district and the teachers union could not come to a contract agreement over the weekend.The head of the teachers union said she was hopeful the two sides would reach a deal before the strike."I felt we were pretty close. They had to come to some things we absolutely needed. They weren't able to come through," said Diane Smith of the Bethel Park Federation of Teachers.Last week, the district prepared for the strike by notifying the parents of the district's more than 5,000 students.
