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August 31, 2006

School for the Deaf, teachers reach tentative deal

The state-run School for the Deaf in Providence will open next Tuesday as scheduled, thanks to a tentative contract agreement reached early today between the school's 41 teachers and its board of trustees.

“We reached a tentative agreement at about 1:30 this morning, and the teachers are at orientation today,” said Marc Gursky, chairman of the board. “The talks were productive, and I thought negotiations went just as well as we would expect them to go when there are difficult issues to address.”

Gursky declined to specify what the key issues were, saying the new contract needs to be ratified by the union first.

Gursky said the teachers will meet Sept. 7 to ratify a new three-year contract and the trustees will meet to approve it Sept. 12.

The current contract expires today, and teachers yesterday did not attend a professional development day. However, the missed day will not affect the opening of school next week, Gursky said.

The School for the Deaf has about 105 students.

-- Journal staff writer Jennifer D. Jordan

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