One of three Massachusetts communities reached a deal with their striking teachers union on Friday, leaving two left to hammer out a final agreement as Gov. Maura Healey says all students need to be back in school Monday.
The Union of Gloucester Educators said in a Facebook post that the union and the Gloucester School Committee “came to a tentative agreement for successor collective bargaining agreements for both the teachers and paraprofessional units, as well as a satisfactory Return to Work Agreement.”
School will resume on Monday.
Students in Gloucester will be back in school Monday after educators were on strike for two weeks; strikes continue in Beverly and Marblehead.
The agreement came as a judge pledged to waive mounting fines against striking teachers the three Massachusetts communities for Friday if they agree to return to the classroom by Monday.
Classrooms remained shuttered Friday in Beverly, Gloucester and Marblehead — three communities north of Boston …