Teachers in Blue Mountain Union School District declare impasse in contract talks

Groton, Vermont, viewed from the southeast. Photo by Ascended Dreamer/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
Nearly yearlong teacher contract negotiations in the Blue Mountain Union School District are at a stalemate after the teachers union rejected a proposal that the school board called its final offer. The Blue Mountain Education Association formally declared an impasse in talks Tuesday night, declining to sign a one-year contract for salary increases that the school board proposed. During colle