By ROBERT LINNEHAN
They chanted, waved signs, and rang cowbells as about 50 members of the Haddonfield Education Association marched down Kings Highway Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m. They were serenaded to the tune of cars honking from passing motorists as they walked to their final destination, Central Elementary School.
Gathering in front of the Central Elementary School entrance, the crowd chanted for fair and new contracts as just a few feet away inside the building several HEA and Haddonfield School District representatives engaged in a final mediation meeting.
Members of the HEA have been working in the district without contracts since June of 2010, HEA representative Christopher Gwin said. Teachers in the district have been working under the terms of the expired contract for almost a year now.
This is the final mediation meeting between the HEA and school district before the state will take over for a “fact finding phase.” The mediation phase is run by a neutral state representative.
Gwin said a settlement could possibly be reached Wednesday night, but nobody could know for sure.
Please come back to The Haddonfield Sun for more updates on the outcome of the final mediation meeting. More details should be available sometime Thursday morning, according to HEA representatives.
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