In English or Spanish, teachers try to get their message across Tuesday as they march in front of District 300 Central Office headquarters in Carpentersville during a teachers strike. December 4, , 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media

Teachers march along Cleveland Avenue during a D300 teachers strike Tuesday outside the District 300 Central Office in Carpentersville. December 4, , 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media

Teacher Sarah Guth yells out a chant Tuesday during a D300 teachers strike march outside the District 300 Central Office in Carpentersville. December 4, , 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media

History teacher Steve Stukenberg carries the American Flag in stride with fellow teachers Tuesday, during a D300 teachers strike outside the District 300 Central Office in Carpentersville. December 4, 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media

Teachers march along Cleveland Avenue during a D300 teachers strike Tuesday outside the District 300 Central Office in Carpentersville. December 4, , 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media

Printed and homemade signs were raised in the air during a D300 teachers strike Tuesday outside the District 300 Central Office in Carpentersville. December 4, , 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media

Teachers and their supporters march outside district headquarters in Carpentersville during a D300 teachers strike. December 4, , 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media

A D300 teachers strike Tuesday outside the District 300 Central Office in Carpentersville. December 4, , 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media

Teachers and their supporters get their point across one way or another during a D300 teachers strike Tuesday outside the District 300 Central Office in Carpentersville. December 4, , 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media

Signs held high during a D300 teachers strike Tuesday outside the District 300 Central Office in Carpentersville. December 4, , 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media

Teachers from School District 300 walk along Randall Road near Jacobs High School during the first day of teachers strike. December 4,2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media

Teachers from D300 school district stroll along Algonquin Road in Algonquin during the first day of the strike. December 4, 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media

Teachers walk near Jacobs High School in Algonquin during the first day of teachers strike in School District 300. December 4, 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media

Teachers walk the picket line for the D300 teachers strike Tuesday along Bunker Hill Road in Algonquin. December 4, 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media

Jacobs High School staff Megan Supol and Dean Schlueter walk the picket line outside the school during the first day of the teachers strike Tuesday in Algonquin. December 4, 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media