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Certified Union Representative Steve Thorpe told the School Board Monday night, Dec. 12, that the district’s teachers have tentatively accepted a “financial package” part of the contract with the district in this negotiations year.

He said that when he put it out to vote to his members, 94% accepted the financial part of the negotiations.

“The contract is like I’ve never seen before,” Thorpe said. “As I start 32 years, I’ve never seen anything like this. Nor have I ever been a part of anything that wasn’t so much a negotiations as it was a collaboration.

“This has been s...