SEATTLE — There's no school in Seattle for a fourth day today as a strike by teachers enters its second week.

The strike, over issues that include pay raises and the length of the school day, has delayed the start of the public school year for about 53,000 students. The sides resumed negotiations Saturday and continued to talk Sunday. The union made a counterproposal on salary that called for raises totaling 9.5 percent over two years — a far cry from the 21 percent over three years they initially sought.

“We want to get kids back in school, and we want to show good faith,” Seattle Education Association Vice President Phyllis Campano said Sunday evening.

Seattle Public Schools spokeswoman Stacy Howard said Sunday the strike, which began Sept. 9, will affect the school year calendar, because it has already eaten up the three snow days the district set aside. The district will have to consider shortening holiday breaks or adding days at the end of the school year. Graduation dates also could be delayed, she said.

Seattle's teachers went six years without a cost-of-living raise, but the district said it provided raises totaling 8 percent out of local levy money in that time.

Teacher salaries in Seattle range from about $44,000 to more than $86,000 for experienced educators with advanced degrees.

This year, lawmakers — facing a court order to increase spending on education — came up with money for new teachers and supplies. Some $37 million of that money is coming to Seattle. The district says it has offered raises totaling 14 percent over three years, but it also wants to extend by 20 minutes the school day, which stands at 6 hours and 10 minutes.

[naviga:h3]University removes Cosby's name[/naviga:h3]

WILBERFORCE, Ohio — A historically black college in southwest Ohio says it is permanently removing the name of comedian Bill Cosby from its communications building.

In a statement Friday, Central State University in Wilberforce said the Camille O. & William H. Cosby Communications Center has been renamed the CSU Communications Center. The school had been temporarily covering Cosby's name since July while it made a final decision.

The Cosby family has donated more than $2 million to the university.

Cosby has been the target of sexual assault allegations by dozens of women. He has acknowledged that he obtained quaaludes with the intent of giving them to women before sex.

[naviga:h3]Clerk in Kentucky to return to work[/naviga:h3]

MOREHEAD, Ky. — Many were keeping their eye on a rural Kentucky county clerk's office today, Kim Davis' expected first day back at work after a judge jailed her for refusing to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

The Rowan County clerk, who believes gay marriage is a sin, became a hero to many conservative Christians after she stopped issuing marriage licenses following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that effectively legalized gay marriage.

She was jailed for five days after U.S. District Court Judge David Bunning found her in contempt of court for refusing his order to issue marriage licenses.

In Davis' absence, her deputy clerks have issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

Davis can either allow her office to continue issuing licenses or again disobey the judge. Davis hasn't said what she will do when she returns to work, but deputy clerk Brian Mason said last Wednesday that he will disobey his boss and continue issuing licenses rather than refuse the judge's orders.