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Des Plaines District 62 has begun negotiations with its staff of teacher assistants, the last in a series of contract negotiations this year.
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Neither side has set a timetable for completing the talks, though district officials are hoping to have them wrapped up by early to mid-April, according to Deputy Supt. Ray Gunn.
Representatives for the district’s 56 teacher assistants will have a chance to present their case before the board’s personnel committee March 19, including a discussion of the group’s changing role in the classroom and how their pay ranks against other area districts.