GALESBURG, Ill. (AP) — Thousands of students are staying home again in Galesburg as a weekend mediation session between a teachers union and the board of education failed to result in a contract agreement.

The (Galesburg) Register-Mail (http://bit.ly/1tB5sHM ) reports that a mediation session between the Galesburg Education Association and the District 205 Board of Education lasted four hours Sunday without a resolution.

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