the streets today and march students were filling alternative school sites looking for something to do well negotiating teams fill the board room upstairs here to have showed details that have derailed the chicago public school year. we believe we are close enough to get this resolved. shortly before 7:00 p.m. school board president david vitale was hopeful that tuesday is the last day teachers will be away from the classroom he agrees with mayor emmanuelle, the strike never should have happened. it s taking them out what appears to us as more time than it should. it was totally avoidable. the ripple effects of the contract breakdown are already surfacing for starters close to 400,000 students are simply killing time until the strike ends until then this cta is offering them free buses in train rides in the meantime. a two day strike is hardfar from ideal and everyone knows it could get much worse in 1987 teachers walked out for 19 days class s didn t resume until october b