COLUMBUS – Teachers and other employees of the Columbus City Schools will vote Sunday on a tentative contract agreement that will end a week-old walkout.
Approximately 4,500 members of the Columbus Education Association will meet Sunday afternoon at Huntington Park to learn details of the comprehensive conceptual agreement reached with the district during an almost 14-hour marathon bargaining session that lasted into the early morning on Thursday, according to the Ohio Education Association.
The union’s bargaining team plans to recommend ratification of the agreement to the teachers, librarians, nurses, counselors, psychologists, and other district employees.
As students tried to begin the school year remotely, union members walked picket lines for four days after talks broke down over issues like heating and air conditioning, smaller class sizes, and the inclusion of more art, music and physical educational classes in the curriculum.