After hitting the picket line on Monday over an impasse in contract negotiations, members of the Charlotte Education Association met with school district administrators for a mediation session on Tuesday, October 7.
Teachers in the Eaton County community have been working under an expired contract since July. In September, administrators for Charlotte Public Schools requested to begin mediation proceedings in an attempt to resolve negotiations that have stretched since the beginning of this year.
Becky Carter, co-president of the Charlotte Education Association, said that the two sides have reached an agreement on salaries, insurance, and calendar. The sticking point, Carter said, is a disagreement over the process for grievance resolution…