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District 155 Teachers to Picket Outside Cary-Grove High School on Tuesday

Members of the District 155 teachers union will picket prior to the regularly scheduled Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013.

The 440 members of District 155 Education Association have been working without a contract since July 1, when their last collective bargaining contract expired. 

On Tuesday, the teachers' Education Association plans to hold an informational picket prior to the regularly scheduled District 155 Board of Education meeting.

Originally planned to be held at the District 155 main office in Crystal Lake, the BOE meeting has since been moved to the Cary-Grove High School auditorium, 2208 Three Oaks Rd., Cary. 

The teachers plan to hold their informational picket from 6 to 7:15 p.m. Oct. 22, along Three Oaks Road in front of Cary-Grove High School, said Justin Hubly, president of the District 155 Education Association.

“We hope to encourage the board to reach a fair agreement in a timely fashion,” Hubly said.

“We have a long history of bargaining fair contracts. In fact, the district had a budget surplus in each fiscal year from 1995-2012. We have a vested interest in bargaining fair contracts in order for the district to continue providing the highest quality education for our students.” 

Negotiations between the association and the board of education have been ongoing since March and will continue with the assistance of a federal mediator, Hubly added. 

In the meantime, the teachers association has launched a new website: www.D155Teachers.org, where the public can find more information about the association and its members. 

“We hope this website provides a convenient place for members of the public to obtain information about our association and factual information regarding negotiations,” said Amy Bland, communications committee chair.

“We will continue to update the website with more information regarding negotiations as it becomes available.” 

The District 155 Education Association has 440 members, representing certified staff members at Cary-Grove, Crystal Lake Central, Crystal Lake South, and Prairie Ridge High Schools. The association also includes certified staff members at District 155’s alternative education program at Haber Oaks Campus.

The District 155 Education Association is affiliated with the Illinois Education Association and the National Education Association


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