NEWTON – Parents are thrilled and students are ready to return to the classroom after a tentative deal was reached to end the 15 day teacher’s strike in Newton.
“Yeah, I’m ready to go back. I think some of the classes are going to be more challenging,” student William Harvey said.
Newton students have missed 11 days of school due to one of the longest strikes in state history.
“It’s been hard because I like doing good in my classes, so thinking about how hard it’s going to be coming back. The work load is going to be way more than it was before,” Newton North High School student Nathaniel Defay said.
After bitter back and forth negotiations that kept 12,000 students out of school, the School Committee and Teacher’s Association reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract late Friday night.
In the end the NTA says the proposal meets all the key issues: pay, parental and family leave, prep time and more behavioral therapists.