The information provided below was gathered during the negotiations that took place in the fall of 2006.  The current CTC agreement expires August 2009.
   
               CTC (Classroom Teachers Council) Agreement 2006-2009     

                                  Pleasant Hill PTA's website
Includes Spotlight on the Board - Notes taken at the school board meetings.  Listen to the speeches made at the September 13th, 27th and October 20th, 2006 Board of Education meetings regarding teacher contract negotiations and the tentative contract.

      Chicago Tribune, 10/26/06, "Teachers' raises higher than disclosed"
         Daily Herald, 10/26/06, "Dist. 15 teachers pact details revealed"
         Chicago Tribune, 10/24/06, "Palatine teachers approve new pact"
             
Daily Herald, 10/24/06, "Dist. 15 teachers make it official"

              Daily Herald, 10/21/06, "Dist. 15 approves teachers' contract"
           Daily Herald, 10/20/06, "Dist. 15 voting tonight on teachers' pact"
  Palatine Countryside, 10/19/06, "Weekend work results in tentative agreement"
     
Daily Herald, 10/19/06, "Candidates Debate:  Should Teachers Ever Strike?"
    
Chicago Tribune, 10/17/06, "After months, teachers get a contract to vote on"
              
Daily Herald, 10/17/06, "Dist. 15 contract details kept quiet"
 
Daily Herald, 10/16/06, "District 15, teachers reach tentative contract agreement"
             
Daily Herald, 10/12/06, "Dist. 15 parents fed up with talks"
  Daily Herald, 10/7/06, "After 10-hour session, both sides decline to comment on
                                         
District 15 negotiations"

      Palatine Countryside, 10/5/06, "Park Districts prepared in case of strike"
      Palatine Countryside, 10/5/06, "Progress reported as talks continue"
               
Daily Herald, 10/4/06, "District 15 Contract Talks"
  
Daily Herald, 9/28/06, "Dist. 15 parents urge settlement in contract dispute" 
              
Daily Herald, 9/27/06,  "Some progress made in Dist. 15 talks"
                                     Daily Herald, 9/21/06, "Dist. 15 contract talks go slowly"
              
Daily Herald, 9/19/06, "Dist. 15 teachers open door to strike"
            
Chicago Tribune, 9/14/06, "800 teachers face District 15 Board" 
               
Daily Herald, 9/14/06, "Dist 15. teachers rally behind union"
                                       Daily Herald, 9/13/06, "Dist. 15, union will keep talking"                                               Daily Herald, 9/12/06, "Dist. 15 starts talking strike"