Students at Montreal's largest French-language school board, the Commission scolaire de Montréal (CSDM), will be staying home on Oct. 28 and Oct 29 as teachers and staff take part in a two-day strike.

he board, which includes 129 elementary schools and 37 secondary Montreal-area schools, made the announcement Monday afternoon.

Teachers will be picketing in front of the schools on those two days, the board expects.

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The province's teachers have been without a contract since April 1. The provincial government is offering civil servants a two-year salary freeze followed by a 1 per cent increase per year over three years.

Other school boards have already announced when their classes. They include: