Columbus Education Association

The Columbus Education Association obtained a document they say was written by Columbus City Schools board member Brandon Simmons. The CEA says the document details an effort to suppress the union for disagreeing with the board and are calling for Simmons to resign.

The Columbus City Schools Board of Education and the teacher's union announced Monday that the two voluntarily agreed to add substitutes to the CEA bargaining unit.

Columbus teachers have approved a new three-year labor deal to end the strike that started last week. The school signed off on the agreement Monday morning.

Details on the tentative agreement that ended the recent Columbus teachers' strike have yet to be released but both the Columbus school board and the union will be meeting separately over the weekend.

The exact terms of the deal struck between the Columbus school board and the teachers' union early this morning are still unknown, but many Columbus City School parents are cheering the development.

The Columbus Education Association has told its members not to report to picket lines Thursday morning.

A post on the Columbus Education Association's Facebook page says the two sides will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday.

Columbus students will likely start the school year online tomorrow. To prepare families, the district is holding what it calls a "Virtual Family Engagement Session" tonight.

A special Columbus Board of Education lasted about four hours Monday evening, but ended with no new developments in the district’s first teachers’ strike in nearly a half-century.

The teachers union voted overwhelmingly Sunday night to reject the school board's "last, best and final offer" for a new contract.