The company that employs school bus drivers and monitors in the Brattleboro area has come to a tentative agreement with their union on a contract after weeks of contentious deliberations.

This narrowly averted a strike planned for Thursday that could have disrupted transportation for students at Windham Southeast Supervisory Union schools.

Although Vermont Teamsters Local 597 and Travel Kuz — an affiliate of Beacon Mobility — had come to an agreement on the financial and economic terms of their contract, there was still dispute over a Travel Kuz proposal attempting to axe language that allowed union members to refuse to cross picket lines if drivers strike in other communities.

But the bus service company walked back the proposal and agreed to honor the provision Wednesday evening, whic

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