school board president believes it s doable and that a deal is possible today the c t u does not appear to be as confident . we had some good conversations. it s a sign . i just hope you guys know something that we don t . both sides had a 15 hour bargaining session and left the chicago hilton head about 45 minutes after midnight . karen lewis to not speak to the media going into the 9:00 session this morning . the latest offer to the teachers is a 16 percent raise over four years . but negotiators indicate they are making progress on the sticking points of the teacher evaluations and the recall plan for the laid-off teachers there were crunching numbers all night on the costs of that recall plan . barbara bennett said that the two sides are pretty close . it s not a lot keeping us apart what i do believe it s hard to separate the issues that are interrelated teacher evaluations are related to these layoffs recalls . this is what makes the negotiations so difficult . contra