TEACHERS going on strike is never a good outcome to a dispute for anyone.
When the National Union of Teachers (NUT) held industrial action last year over term-time changes, 15 city schools had to close while 40 had lessons disrupted.
In spite of the disruption it caused, many parents sided with their children's teachers, believing they had justification for the action.
And for parents like Jane Graham, that remains the same with more action imminent.
The NUT has said it may take strike action before the end of the current term, possibly over a number of days.
Jane, whose son Thomas, five, goes to Fernwood Infant School in Wollaton, believes they would be right to do so.
She said: "While no one really likes teachers going on strike, including the teachers themselves, I can understand that they haven't really got any other option.
"They are campaigning against a move by Nottingham City Council which I believe will be detrimental to the children they teach.
"It is also going to cause widespread disruption, not least because the county council aren't following suit."
The city council voted to make the changes in term times in its schools late last year. It will be implemented in September.
It will see the summer break shortened to five weeks instead of six and a two-week break in October. There will also be a fixed break at the end of the spring term, irrespective of when Easter falls.
The authority says there are several reasons for the changes to terms, including evidence to suggest that the traditional six-week summer holiday leads to children forgetting some of what they've learned.
But parent Lisa Maddison, of Wollaton, who has two children at Fernwood Junior School, does not agree.
She said: "I don't think children forget what they have learned. The move is going to cause some major disruption."
Notts County Council has opted not to follow this model for its schools, apart from having a fixed break in the spring. Some academies in the city have also decided this.
Unions have raised concerns that this will lead to problems for many teachers who work in a city school and have a child in a county school, and vice versa.
Susi Artis, assistant secretary for the Nottingham branch of the NUT, said that the organisation's national action committee was currently looking at the situation after nearly three-quarters of members voted in favour of strike action in a ballot.
She said strike action is possible in the coming weeks and possibly for a number of days.
She said: "We are still waiting on this. It is with our national executive members.
"But it is likely it will be quite soon if we are going to strike."
The union has nearly 500 members in the city.
Other teaching unions, including NASUWT and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers – which have 1,100 and 120 members in Nottingham respectively – are still weighing up their options.
The former has admitted it is unlikely it will strike, however.
Bernie Pardon, Nottingham national executive member, said: "We have consulted our members and our national committee is monitoring the situation. As of yet there is no strike action imminent."
The city council did not want to comment on the latest development. It has previously branded the action unnecessary.