Day 5: District 60 teachers continue to strike, possible meeting between union and district

Update:

The teachers and District 60 met at 10:30 Friday morning to discuss a third offer made by the district. Both sides will continue to review the offer and will conduct bargaining Saturday at 8:00 a.m.

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Friday marks the fifth day of the Pueblo District 60 teacher strike. Pueblo District 60 made a third offer Thursday afternoon to the Pueblo Education Association to end the ongoing teacher strike.

The details of the offer weren’t made available, but Superintendent Charlotte Macaluso said she would try to get us information soon. The PEA said they would not release details about the District’s latest offer.

A public bargaining meeting is scheduled for Saturday morning at 8, but the Pueblo Education Association wants to meet on Friday to try to schedule an earlier public bargaining meeting. Saturday’s meeting will be held in a public setting, which is required by Colorado state law. Details about where the meeting is to take place have not been provided just yet. A meeting was set between the PEA leaders and the District at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, where they decided on moving the meeting at 8 a.m. Saturday instead of 9.

Members of the PEA will be hitting the streets and picketing around schools on Friday. According to the PEA Twitter page, District 70 will be joining the District 60 teachers today.

The following schools/programs that are open:

Centennial, Central, East and South high schools will be open to APEX students only. APEX is an online program.

Haaff Elementary School is open to all students. An employee from Haaff Elementary told KRDO that teachers, ESL staff and substitute teachers are overseeing the kids on a modified schedule.

All pre-school programs in the district, with the exception of Bessemer and Franklin, will reopen. In addition, Paragon High School, a school with mostly online curriculum, will reopen as well.

Each school will provide daily communications to families regarding the possibility of additional school openings moving forward, as well as any information regarding the status of field trips or evening events.

Pueblo City Schools will continue to provide free lunches for students from 11:30 – 12:30 at the following locations:

Baca Elementary School

Belmont Elementary School

Beulah Heights Elementary School

Minnequa Elementary School

Morton Elementary School

Rawlings Library

Pete Jimenez Park

Risley International Academy of Innovation