PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Ten days and counting, that’s the number of days 22,000 students in Evergreen Public Schools have missed at school, as the support staff's union and the district negotiate a new contract.

The school board passed a resolution to file an injunction claiming the strike is causing irreparable injury to the educational process. The district can now file that with the courts in an attempt to stop the strike.

The resolution said that the Public-School Employees of Washington, Evergreen Chapter, Large Group (PSE Large Group) strike is unlawful.

The resolution said that "school-age children in the community are facing actual and substantial injury through the actions of the PSE Large Group and its members."

It continued to say the Board tried to avoid uncertainty for fam

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