The main sticking point between the union and the board is health benefits.

"We need to return to a relationship of trust between the chancellor and the board."

"It's quick, but this has been under discussion between the management and the board for almost a month," he said.

They had been expressed before yesterday's meeting during weeks of negotiations between city officials and the board.

The acrimony between the board of education here and its teachers union is nothing new.

The question is how to make a working relationship between the board and the chancellor.

One of the biggest problems between the Chancellor and the board has been determining what role each should play.

This creates an inherent conflict of interest between management and the board.

Social work director Paul Lee has said the offer is a matter between the family and the board.

What needs to happen is that there has to be an easier conversation between the shareholder groups and the board.