Will there be class Monday? NBC Boston [Video]

Students will be back at school Monday in Gloucester, Massachusetts, but class is still cancelled in Beverly and Marblehead after contract negotiations failed in those two North Shore communities over the weekend.

An Essex Superior Court judge had agreed Thursday to waive fines the unions are facing if an agreement could be reached by 6 p.m. Sunday, and there was hope for a few hours amid talks of progress, but word came late Sunday that there was no deal in either town. Now, a third party will take over talks; both districts will begin the Department of Labor’s fact-finding process. That’s the next step when a state mediator can’t help both sides come to an agreement on a contract.

The chair of the Beverly School Committee said in a statement that she was deeply disappointed to share that they could not reach an agreement with the Beverly Teachers Association Sunday.

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