[mewzilla]

....sticking points including higher pay and smaller class sizes.

Snort. What this is really about: pensions and health bennies.

[A_perfect_lady]

No, the four main requests are: 1.) more nurses, counselors, & libriarians, 2) less standardized testing (very expensive) 3. smaller classes, 4) pay raise.

They offered just the pay raise and the union said no, because the other three are just as important.