DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - The Decatur teaching assistants' union and Decatur Public Schools did not reach an agreement in a Monday night negotiation session.Â
The Decatur Federation of Teaching Assistants (DFTA) and the DPS board met for over three hours in the latest negotiations with a federal mediator, a DPS statement said. It said "productive discussions" came out of the meeting, but a contract agreement was not found. Â
All seven DPS board members were present at the meeting.
Teaching assistants have rallied, gone on strike and even prayed that one day the union and the school board will come to an agreement. This was the third mediation meeting since the strike. Union members said they would keep pressing for change if an agreement wasn't reached.Â
The next negotiation session is set for Jan. 6, 2020.Â
