The Teachers Strike Really Begins Now

Columbus students won't return to classes today as a federal mediator ordered the School Board back to the bargaining table at 1 p.m.

Today was supposed to be a holiday for parents of Columbus City School students. Today was supposed to be the day that their children were to start spending forty hours a week at school. Today was supposed to begin with a Mai Tai at 9 a.m to celebrate another summer in the books.

That won’t happen as the Columbus Educators Association enters Day 3 of its…