The Proviso Township High School District 209 school board was booed and heckled at a very heated meeting Tuesday night.
FOREST PARK, Ill. --
People shouted, chanted, and booed the board as a teachers' strike in the west suburban district stretches on. The teachers have been working without a contract since June 2021. The negotiations in the Proviso Township High School District have been bogged down over issues including pay increases and class sizes.
The district said it has increased its salary proposal offer from 7% over three years to 9%, but said the teachers at Proviso East in Maywood, Proviso West in Hillside and Proviso Math and Science Academy in Forest Park are demanding a 13.25% increase.
Officials said the Proviso Teachers Union rejected the offer, and so canceled classes from Tuesday, March 15 through Thursday March 17.The next mediation session is set for Thursday, but informal negotiations continue, district officials said.
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