BEVERLY, Mass. –

Striking teachers reached an agreement with school committees in Beverly and Marblehead Tuesday night after more than two weeks of no classes in the two North Shore communities.

School committees in Beverly and Marblehead said that under the agreement, schools will reopen on the Wednesday before the Thanksgiving holiday.

“We are extremely relieved and grateful to announce that the Beverly School Committee and the Beverly Teachers Association have reached a tentative agreement that will allow our students to return to school on Wednesday,” the Beverly School Committee said in a statement .

“We deeply regret that the union strike has had a negative impact on their training. This tentative agreement includes both strong compensation and necessary improvements to our agreement that will give our hard-working educators the support they need to perfect their professional practice and, in turn, help them “our students thrive.”

The two school districts now join Gloucester schools, which reached an agreement with their teachers unions last week, ending ongoing teacher strikes in all three communities.

“The Marblehead School Committee and the Marblehead Education Association have reached tentative agreements and employees will return to work and schools will reopen on Wednesday,” the Marblehead School Committee said in a statement.

“Both the School Committee and the Association recognize the stress and distress the school closures have caused our students and families, and we are committed to ensuring that the reopening of our schools will be a positive experience for our students and the school community becomes.”

Schools in Marblehead and Beverly were closed Tuesday as union leaders from other counties met with Gov. Maura Healey to ask for support.

The group expressed concern about the ongoing strike, which has forced students to leave their classrooms in its third week.

Teachers in both communities fought for higher wages, especially for support staff, as well as better benefits.

The union members who met with Healey were not from Marblehead or Beverly, but from several other communities, including Malden and Andover.

“We had a good meeting. It was productive. I think there was progress throughout the day. “I hope communities can come to a solution soon and students can go back to school,” Healey said.

They said they wanted to urge Healey to speak up for the striking teachers and stand with them.

“We have asked Healey to stand with educators, students and community members and be supportive in getting school committees to come to the table in good faith,” said Deb Gesualdo of the Malden Education Association.

However, union leaders said they also noticed some reluctance from Healey to their demands.

“She said she would like to work with us on these issues and think about ways she could support us. “She didn’t want to commit to coming to any of the locals today or tomorrow, which was very disappointing to me because it’s a ‘Which side are you on?’ moment,” said Holly Currier from Andover Education Association.

Healey said she would not become directly involved in the negotiations but was speaking to all parties and urging them to reach an agreement.

“I just hope that people, especially on the eve of Thanksgiving, can work really hard today to find a solution so that both teachers and educators and our students can get back to school,” Healey said.

On Monday night, Beverly teachers gathered for a city council meeting. They brought a negotiating table and arranged a photo op after the school committee broke off negotiations.

A Beverly city councilman became emotional as he called school principals.

“You had a front row seat to what was happening in our schools and you should have been more proactive,” said Beverly City Councilman Matt St. Hilaire.