Montgomery County’s three school employee unions agreed this week to go back to the negotiating table in order to throw a lifeline to the cash-strapped district, despite being midway through a three-year contract.

As part of a contract agreed upon in 2006, teachers received a 5 percent pay raise this year and expected a 5.3 percent raise next year.

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