Bourbonnais students back in school after teachers and school board agree on contract.

Bourbonnais Elementary School District 53 announced at about 9 p.m. Thursday that the week-long teacher strike has ended and school is set to resume Friday morning.

The Bourbonnais Education Association and Bourbonnais School Board met for about seven hours Tuesday and three hours Wednesday.

Another bargaining meeting has been scheduled for today after Tuesday's meeting lasting seven hours did not result in a deal.

Lead negotiators from the school board and teachers union met one-on-one for about two and a half hours Monday to discuss the situation.

Missed days will have to be made up in the summer.

Bourbonnais Elementary School District 53 teachers are going on strike today after the latest bargaining meeting failed to result in a contract agreement.

Another bargaining meeting has been set for 5:30 p.m. today in the hopes of coming to an agreement on a contract for Bourbonnais elementary teachers.

There is still no deal reached on a teacher contract at Bourbonnais Elementary District 53 after a negotiating meeting that lasted over five hours on Thursday.

It’s back to the virtual bargaining table Thursday for the Bourbonnais Education Association and Bourbonnais Elementary School Board.

Dozens of Bourbonnais teachers and supporters gathered to demand “fair contract, fair pay” for teachers.

Bourbonnais teachers are asking community members to join a rally today to show their support for the bargaining team in negotiating a contract.

Two more negotiation meetings have been set.

With Bourbonnais teachers on the brink of striking 11 months into contract negotiations, Superintendent Adam Ehrman has confirmed that any missed school days due to a strike would be made up during summer.

The contract offers submitted to the labor board by both parties were made publicly available on Friday.

Bourbonnais elementary teachers are planning an informational picket at 4:15 p.m. today.

Bourbonnais elementary teachers took to the streets Tuesday afternoon to inform people in the community about their struggle to reach a contract agreement with the school district.

Bourbonnais Elementary School teachers gave approval for a strike as a possible option moving forward with contract negotiations that have been ongoing for 10 months.

The Bourbonnais Education Association voted on authorizing a possible teacher strike during a virtual membership meeting Wednesday.

The Bourbonnais Education Association is set to vote today on whether or not to authorize union leadership to initiate a teacher strike after 10 months of contract negotiations.

Seven months into negotiations, the Bourbonnais Education Association and Bourbonnais Elementary District 53 School Board are starting the mediation process to attempt to reach an agreement.