Lennie Jarratt speaks in the Community room at the State Bank of the Lakes at 50 Commerce Drive, Grayslake, IL on Saturday afternoon 1-19-13 about the school strike. About 4,000 elementary and middle-school studentsare affected by the strike in Consolidated Community School District 46.|Judy Fidkowski~For Sun-Times Media
Interested parties attend a town hall meeting at the Community room at the State Bank of the Lakes at 50 Commerce Drive, Grayslake, IL on Saturday afternoon 1-19-13. About 4,000 elementary and middle-school studentsare affected by the strike in Consolidated Community School District 46.|Judy Fidkowski~For Sun-Times Media
Lennie Jarratt speaks in the Community room at the State Bank of the Lakes at 50 Commerce Drive, Grayslake, IL on Saturday afternoon 1-19-13 about the school strike. About 4,000 elementary and middle-school studentsare affected by the strike in Consolidated Community School District 46.|Judy Fidkowski~For Sun-Times Media
Lennie Jarratt speaks in the Community room at the State Bank of the Lakes at 50 Commerce Drive, Grayslake, IL on Saturday afternoon 1-19-13 about the school strike. About 4,000 elementary and middle-school studentsare affected by the strike in Consolidated Community School District 46.|Judy Fidkowski~For Sun-Times Media
As Lake County waited over the weekend for the arrival of an arctic weather blast, parents and residents in Grayslake Consolidated School District 46 were waiting for a thaw in negotiations between administrators and striking teachers. Grayslake resident Kevin Streckert, who endured a school strike …