Teachers launch hotline as they push for new contract
ROCKFORD — Superintendent Ehren Jarrett said Monday that the district is unlikely to make up for lost school days in the event of a teachers strike.
That message was delivered ahead of a bargaining session slated for Thursday, the second since teachers voted Jan. 24 to authorize an intent to strike. Jarrett said the Rockford Education Association had indicated it could strike as early as Feb. 21, meaning classes would begin to be affected starting Monday, Feb. 23. However, Rockford Education Association officials say there is no plan to strike by that date and there is no set timeline for when a strike could be called.
“We are very unlikely to make up a lot of days in the event of a short or even longer-term strike,” Jarrett told reporters Monday from the Rockford Public Schools Administration Building…