[0:00] Teachers in the Anoka Henipin School [0:01] District are one step closer to going on [0:04] strike. The union filed an intent to [0:06] strike with the state and notified the [0:08] district about their intent to strike as [0:10] early as January 8th. Last night, the [0:13] school board held a special meeting to [0:15] plan for what would happen if an [0:16] agreement can't be reached before [0:18] January 8th. [0:19] >> We are still in process. So, the strike [0:23] is is not imminent tomorrow. [0:25] >> A work stoppage is not a desirable [0:27] outcome for anyone. Not for our [0:29] teachers, not for our students, not for [0:31] the families, and not for the community. [0:33] >> Leading up to that meeting, teachers [0:35] picketed outside the Sandberg Education [0:37] Center where the school board meetings [0:39] take place. [0:40] >> A union spokesperson says that there are [0:42] no mediations currently scheduled.