DENVER (AP) - Denver school leaders and teachers will try to reach a last-minute deal to avert a planned strike on Monday.
Both sides are scheduled to meet Friday evening to discuss how much teachers should be paid, both in base pay and in incentives.
They are divided on how teachers can advance in pay and the size of bonuses for teachers working in high-poverty schools and in schools deemed high priority by the district.
The union is pushing for lower bonuses for those categories to free up more money for overall teacher pay. However, the district sees those bonuses as key to boosting the academic performance of poor and minority students. Some teachers say that overall funding for support services in those schools is more important.
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