Students arrive at Geneva Middle School South on Monday after a strike was averted. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media
Dressed in Geneva blue, a Geneva High School student walks in late to school on Monday, November 12, 2012. The school board and the Geneva Education Association reached a tentative agreement, narrowly avoiding a strike. | Michele du Vair~For Sun-Times Media
School buses, loaded with kids, roll down Viking Drive, on their way to Geneva Middle School North, after the Geneva Education Association and the school board reached a last-minute agreement, avoiding a strike set for Monday, November 12, 2012. | Michele du Vair~For Sun-Times Media
Student arrive at Geneva Middle School South in Geneva on Monday, November 12, 2012 after a teachers strike was diverted. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media
Student arrive at Geneva Middle School South in Geneva on Monday, November 12, 2012 after a teachers strike was diverted. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media
Student arrive at Geneva Middle School South in Geneva on Monday, November 12, 2012 after a teachers strike was diverted. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media
Student arrive at Geneva Middle School South in Geneva on Monday, November 12, 2012 after a teachers strike was diverted. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media
Geneva Middle School North students head for school on Monday, November 12, 2012, after the Geneva Education Association and the school board reached a tentative agreement last night, narrowly avoiding a strike. | Michele du Vair~For Sun-Times Media
The Geneva High School parking lot is packed with cars on Monday, November 12, 2012, after negotiators avoided a strike. | Michele du Vair~For Sun-Times Media
GENEVA — Geneva residents got a jolt of relief with their morning coffee Monday when they learned that a last-minute settlement staved off a strike by School District 304 teachers. The district’s 6,000 students and 400-plus teachers were in class as usual, after an 8-hour-long …
