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Hello davebarry109 and Thecaptain:

The 0/2.5/3/3/3 was, if I recall, the arbitrator's "leaning" as reported a few weeks back, so I'd wager that's the way it's going to go. On the layoffs/class size, I'm not quite as pessimistic, since the WSC won in court on the prior layoff issue.

In the end, they originally gave notices for 63 layoffs and wound up with a net of 22 after retirements and other departures [which I think partially answers your question, Cap]. So, that's - 63 and they can still go up to 20 more in each of the next three years.

ThatGuyinRI:

I agree, if there's any way for this deal to go off the rails, it's with the union not approving it. The no-confidence vote and sick-outs showed that Netcoh may not have the grip on the WTU that some may think -- she said 400 to 500 of 900 teachers participated in the vote, and that teachers at five schools coordinated their "sick days" without union approval.

I don't at all expect the union vote to be a slam-dunk, in other words. What I hope is that the teachers on either side of that divide -- those who participated in the PR stunts and those who did not -- all agree, in the end, that having a contract is the better resolution and will take what their leadership brings to them.