The negotiating team for striking teachers makes their way toward the entrance at Central Junior High School Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, in Evergreen Park. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media

Kerrie Lopez (below), a Spanish teacher at Central Junior High School, fills out a card with words of encouragement for the negotiating team for striking teachers before negotiations begin at Central Junior High School Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, in Evergreen Park. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media

Eileen Foley (right), a member of the negotiating team for striking teachers, gets a hug from JoAnn Reilly (left), a teacher at Northeast School and parent of two children that attend schools affected by the strike, before negotiations begin at Central Junior High School Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, in Evergreen Park. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media

A blue ribbon can be seen on a tree in support of striking teachers as teachers gather outside Central Junior High School before their negotiating team heads inside Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, in Evergreen Park. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media

The negotiating team (top) addresses striking teachers before negotiations begin at Central Junior High School Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, in Evergreen Park. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media

The negotiating team for striking teachers heads toward the entrance at Central Junior High School Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, in Evergreen Park. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media

Deneen Pajeau, field service director for the Illinois Federation of Teachers, comments on how negotations ended without a resolution at Central Junior High School Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, in Evergreen Park. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media

School board president Kathy Rohan (third from left) makes a statement after negotiations ended without a resolution at Central Junior High School Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, in Evergreen Park. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media

School board president Kathy Rohan makes a statement after negotiations ended without a resolution at Central Junior High School Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, in Evergreen Park. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media

The negotiating team for striking teachers departs without a resolution at Central Junior High School Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, in Evergreen Park. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media