NORWICH – After more than two years of negotiations, BOCES teachers, therapists and other professionals have finally reached agreement on a contract.

Labor Relations specialist Mike Lynch, who represents the New York State United Teachers union, said a tentative agreement was reached between union officials and the BOCES administration on Jan. 16.

No details of the contract will be released until the agreement is ratified at the BOCES Board of Education meeting Jan. 31.

“We are very excited to bring this package to our members. It’s been a long struggle,” Lynch said.

Approximately 120 employees have been working at both the Norwich and Masonville BOCES campuses without a contract since June 30, 2005. Efforts by union members have included billboards, lawn signs and rallies. As many as 15 bargaining sessions were held and other meetings with mediators and fact finders.