Decatur's Herald & Review: "The Board is responsible for prolonging the walkout."

Deactur's local paper, the Herald & Review, has been neutral during the strike, siding with neither the Decatur teachers or the board. That all changed on Friday. Friday's editorial said:

The school board must get serious about negotiating

If you peel away the rhetoric, there is only one conclusion you can draw from the Decatur teachers strike.

While the teachers decided to strike, it is the school board that is responsible for prolonging the walkout.

The Herald & Review editorial board has tried to be neutral on the issues that caused this strike. We've encouraged the two sides to meet and reach an agreement. Our position has been that reasonable people can come up with a contract that will work for all and get our schoolchildren back into the classroom.

But enough is enough.

It's time for the school board and administration to seriously come to the table and negotiate.

Read the entire editorial.