CARPENTERSVILLE – Union leaders at District 300 have started planning for a strike and the administration has released a contingency outline if teachers walk out.

No date has been set, but the district’s union, LEAD 300, formally filed a strike notice with the district and Regional Board of Education earlier this week. Union President Kollen Hanetho said the notice was required paperwork because LEAD 300 declared an official impasse in negotiations Nov. 5.

LEAD’s 1,300 members, Hanetho said, still are committed to bargaining with the district. But she said the last two meetings with the district board – Sunday and Tuesday – didn’t produce significant movement toward a deal.