Burlington School Board, union still far apart on new contract

Fran Brock, president of the Burlington Education Association, holds a sign at a rally last fall during earlier contract talks. File photo by Andrew Kutches/VTDiggerBURLINGTON — After a seven-hour mediated bargaining session Wednesday, the Burlington School Board and its teachers union are still at loggerheads on a new contract.
Mediation began in April after the board declared an impasse in the talks, and now both sides will submit proposals to a mediator by Wednesday. The mediator, Micha