Union representatives met for more than two hours Monday night with district administrators.

Union president Betty Simmons-Talley said the meeting was productive and both sides were positive a strike could be avoided.

"We have some things that we need to work out, we need some more figures," Simmons-Talley said.  "The board is going to get us some figures and we have already set up for another meeting."

The next meeting has been tentatively set for next week.

There has been talk of a strike since employees voted last month to reject a proposal to ratify their contract.

Bus drivers, cooks, secretaries, teaching assistants and mechanics are among the employees represented by the union.

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