European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 28, 1985 the stars and stripes Page Seattle teachers going Back to classes by the associated press negotiators have settled the 3-Weck-old strike by 3,700 teachers in Seattle ending the nation s largest teachers strike and officials announced a tentative agreement in Toronto. Ohio enabling its 1.220 students to return to class next week. Elsewhere hundreds of students in Illinois protesting a Lack of Progress in contract talks thursday ended Aone Day walkout. In All More than 6,000 teachers remained olt the Job m strikes in five states including Pennsylvania Illinois Ohio and new Jersey keeping 80,000 students at Home. The settlement of the Seattle strike was announced shortly after gov. Booth Gardner re entered the talks thursday night. Classes could resume As Early As tues Day exactly four weeks after the strike began if teachers ratify the agreement. A vote was expected Friday and details of the agreement were being withheld pending the balloting. The teachers bargaining team will recommend that the membership ratify the agreement. Seattle teachers association negotiator Rick Oglesby said. It s an agreement that will be Good for the staff for students and the Community of Seattle Oglesby said. Seattle school Board president . Vassar said the agreement represents a win for the teachers a win for the school Board a win for students and a win for  earlier in the Day Gardner who entered the talks wednesday night said the Only remaining obstacle to a settlement was the distribution of Money intended to reduce class sies. We reached a tentative understanding on All major issues such As  Gardner said. However before talks resumed in the afternoon. Carol Reed president of the teachers Union said. We re still apart on several  Booth later conceded that there were some minor is sues left unresolved but that he did t believe they should stand in the Way of reaching a final tentative agreement. Some of the remaining issues May be Small to someone but they re very important to us said Reed. She said she was optimistic and things can Start mov ing very  in Ohio the tentative agreement in the Ohio River town of Toronto involving 70 teachers was reached thursday and superintendent Gino Quattrochi said schools would reopen monday. Attorneys representing the school Board and the to All for a Good cause comedian Bill Cosby right talks with reporters after a Benefit concert for the citizenship education fund in Philadelphia. Also on Hind were basketball Star Juliu Serring Center and the Ren. Jesse Jackson. Ronto  association worked out an agreement to use binding arbitration to resolve the strike which began sept. 4. He said. Quattrochi said 95 percent of the issues that had divided the two sides have been settled and that the few remaining questions including pay will be dealt Wilh by a Federal mediator. The Union in a statement confirmed he agreement and said a Vole would be held Friday afternoon. In Wauconda iii., students upset about the possibility of a teachers strike returned to classes thursday after a one Day walkout. Some students said they received sus pensions for the protest. District superintendent h. Darnell Dick said he sympathized with the pupils concerns but added. I Don t approve or condone a student  Dick said about 320 of the High school s 700 students walked out wednesday along with about 50 of 500 Junior High students. Talks in new Jersey s  regional school District where teachers have been on strike for a week were suspended thursday with both sides reviewing a settlement proposed by a state Media Tor. Self esteem study gets Little respect Sacramento