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Representatives of 570 striking Champaign schoolteachers met with school district officials and a federal mediator Thursday to try to resolve their 4- day-old strike. ”We`re going in to get a settlement,” said Karen McKenzie, a field service director for the Illinois Federation of Teachers. That strike leaves than 8,000 children on extended summer break. The teachers` last offer was for an 8 percent pay raise for each of the next two years, while Champaign Unit District 4 offered 10.84 percent over two years, according to Paul Smith, chief negotiator for the Champaign Federation of Teachers.
