MASON — The Mason teachers union and the Board of Education will return to the bargaining table today after a recent vote by union teachers to proceed with strike plans.

        The last negotiating session, scheduled for Oct. 9, was postponed until today because of schedule conflicts. But on Oct. 10, the union, the Mason Education Association, voted to begin a strike by Oct. 29 if both sides did not reach an agreement on a new contract.

        After the vote to strike, members of the union's negotiating team and the board's new attorney, William M. Deters II, met informally Oct. 11.

        The purpose of the meeting was to acquaint the attorney, hired during the first week of October amid the negotiation process, with the union negotiating team.

        “It was for us to meet the new attorney, and to make sure that we were all coming in with an open mind,” negotiating team member Jerry Schrock said.

        Mason teachers have been working without a contract since June, and have rejected two proposals from the board since negotiations started in March.

        The union represents all but a dozen of 468 teachers in the district. Some 95 percent of the teachers who attended the Oct. 10 meeting voted to strike if no agreement is reached.

        The negotiating session is to begin at 10 a.m. in the Marriott on Mason Montgomery Road.

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