Unlike April 2018, when dozens among several hundred Stafford Township Education Association members spoke before the Stafford Township Board of Education and implored its negotiations team to finalize a labor contract that included “Chapter 78” relief, only two spoke before the board on July 16. But the message was still the same.

“Last night at negotiations, we came to an impasse over Chapter 78 relief,” said Nadine Burgess, the STEA’s chief negotiator, as she addressed the board.