Three North Shore communities alerted parents there would be no classes for students yet again as their respective teachers’ unions and city officials could not agree on a contract.

Teachers in Gloucester, Beverly and Marblehead remained locked in paralyzingly slow progress in their negotiations Tuesday, with strikes in each community now dragging on into Wednesday. Though Marblehead Public School announced the cancellation of class again just after 6 p.

Rallying outside the State House, North Shore teachers raised up their demands and called on legislators and the governor to help end the strike.

District officials and union representatives in all three communities are still divided on key issues, including paid parental leave and wages for teachers and teaching assistants.

Schools will remain closed Tuesday in Gloucester, Beverly and Marblehead as this teacher strike continues, even though a couple of the districts say they’re getting close to a deal on these teacher contracts.

School is canceled Tuesday in three communities on Massachusetts’ North Shore, as teachers strikes in Beverly, Gloucester and Marblehead continue. Union representatives for all three towns were expected to speak at a news conference Monday night about a perceived lack of urgency from the towns’ school committees to open schools.

As the teacher strikes approach the 2nd week, positive progress is being made amongst the 3 North Shore striking communities as contract negotiations continued on Saturday.