PRAIRIE GROVE – District 46 officials and the Prairie Grove Teachers’ Association are scheduled to meet Thursday for contract negotiations – the first since teachers issued an “intent-to-strike” notice last week.

Meanwhile, the district board is scheduled to meet behind closed doors, in what’s known as an executive session, at 8 p.m. today at the district’s junior high school library, 3225 Route 176 in Crystal Lake. Superintendent Lynette Zimmer said last week district officials will discuss steps the district needs to take in case the teachers do go on strike.

The union was required to provide a 10-day notice before any strike. Union leaders have not set a strike date and said they are “still interested in doing everything we can to avoid a strike.”