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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.

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D.J. Byrnes
Aug 24, 2022
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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…

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