North Pocono district and teachers union leaders negotiated for four hours on Wednesday night, but the president of the union said afterward that it is too early to say if a strike will happen.
Jeanne Yazinski, president of the North Pocono Education Association, said "some progress" was made during the session, during which she estimated there were two dozen people in the room including school and union representatives plus a mediator.
She described the negotiation as productive and said district and union officials will meet again before April 18, when the strike had been scheduled to start.
The time had not yet been set.
District officials, including solicitor Joseph O'Brien and school board President Paul Kowalski, could not be reached for comment immediately after Wednesday evening's bargaining session, which ran from 5-9 p.m.
Ms. Yazinski would not discuss details of negotiations or proposals that had been exchanged, but she said the items at issue are still related to salary and health care.
Teachers in North Pocono School District do not currently contribute toward health insurance premiums, but Ms. Yazinski has previously said the union has submitted a premium-sharing offer without specifying the percentage.
District officials to this point have declined to discuss that offer.
Both sides have said they hope to come to an agreement that will avert the scheduled strike.
Asked in an interview on Tuesday whether the district can continue to run if the teachers go on strike, Superintendent Bryan McGraw responded: "We're trying to avoid a strike, and I'm hoping we don't have to make that decision."
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