We will not settle contracts that pay any staff 16 dollars an hour, which is a current offer on the table,” said Samantha Rosato, a paraprofessional representative in Marblehead. As of Thursday night,

Superintendent John Robidoux reversed his decision to cancel all athletic and extracurricular activities during the work stoppage.

Students will be allowed to resume extracurricular activities while teachers are on strike, Interim Superintendent John Robidoux said in a statement Thursday afternoon.

Educators have canceled school in Marblehead for a fourth straight day as the illegal teacher strike continues.

Marblehead Public Schools will reinstate athletics and extracurriculars as teacher strikes drag on, the district reported Thursday, allowing this weekend’s high school football playoff game

Marblehead parents have filed a petition in Lawrence District Court for an injunction that would allow previously scheduled athletic events and extracurriculars to continue during the strike.

Even as school doors remain closed, kids in Marblehead will be allowed to play ball as the teacher strike threatens to extend into another week. Interim Superintendent John Robidoux said Thursday he reversed his decision to pause athletics after determining that the schools can safely allow games and other events to take place this weekend.

Marblehead's state tournament football game against Grafton on Friday could be effected by a ban on athletic events put forward by the town's school committee.

For the third straight day, classes for both Gloucester and Marblehead students will be canceled as the teachers union and city officials failed to reach a contract agreement. District officials in both towns sent an email home to parents around 6 p.