CARPENTERSVILLE – District 300 and its teachers union are not close to a new contract, with union leaders denouncing a school board statement this week as a “threat.”

At Wednesday’s board meeting, President Anne Miller delivered an impromptu statement that reiterated the board’s concerns with district finances, uncertain state funding and the slow economy.

Miller alluded to cuts to programs and services, and possible school closings, if the district can’t negotiate a “fair and equitable” contract with its union, LEAD 300.