GENEVA – The announcement early Monday that Geneva School District 304 teacher contract talks finally had come to a tentative three-year agreement brought the breathless, almost-on-strike drama to an end.

The tentative agreement followed a third marathon negotiating session with a federal mediator in a week. The two sides met for more than eight hours Tuesday, 10 hours Thursday and eight-and-a-half hours Sunday night into Monday.

“I think the board is pleased to have a tentative agreement in place,” school district attorney Sarah Miller said.