After 10 months of difficult negotiations and hard work by both sides, the school district and the Portland Association of Teachers have reached a conceptual agreement to avert a strike that was set for Feb. 20.

PAT first announced the deal on its Facebook page around 8 a.m. Here is part of that post:

“Given that the teams have been bargaining for 23 straight hours, we will come back together later today to iron out the details and put it in writing in the form of a Tentative Agreement. When we have a signed Tentative Agreement, the strike will be suspended pending ratification by PAT membership and the Board.”

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