Community Unit District 300 officials say they need to cut another $5 million to balance the district’s budget, and they’re looking to the teachers union to come up with $4 million of it.
If union members agree to a wage freeze and benefit changes, 363 teachers laid off in March would return to work, according to a district statement released Friday night. If not, middle and high school schedules would have to be reorganized and the school day would be shortened, officials said.
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