All West Virginia public schools remain closed as teachers continue to strike
Public schools to stay closed Monday as teacher strike continues https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/education/public-schools-to-stay-closed-monday-as-teacher-strike-continues/article_bd513a73-c229-5e36-8a5f-16a4308725fd.html …
Will take sometime to get into Capitol today. #EyewitnessWVpic.twitter.com/ABATJv3Qq3
Just to give you a sense of how many folks are here, here’s a timelapse I shot walking from the end of the line to the front of the line.pic.twitter.com/5wbdLhHWVD
Kristi Sayres, a WV second grade teacher, is decked out in receipts for the $1332 in school supplies she has purchased for her classroom this year. “We do it because we love kids and we love to teach,” she says.pic.twitter.com/PnJqKQBtoB
All 680 public schools in West Virginia are closed. Here's why: http://cnn.it/2ozg5Pt pic.twitter.com/9oxzlV92Bk
The salary for beginning teachers in West Virginia is $32,435 a year, and the average teacher salary is $44,701, according to the state teachers union — only in Mississippi, Oklahoma, and South Dakota are salaries lower. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2018/02/22/i-dont-think-people-recognize-how-dire-it-is-west-virginia-teachers-strike-closing-all-public-schools/?utm_term=.62f87657dc5d …
Thousands of West Virginia teachers and school service personnel are back out at the WV Capitol on day 3 of the statewide educator strike. Singing We’re Not Gonna Take It outside the @wvsenate right now #wsaz #teacherwalkoutpic.twitter.com/s9U2xXqp94
This walkout is expected to impact more than a quarter of a million students. Nearly 20,000 public school teachers have walked out in the first statewide teacher strike in West Virginia's history.pic.twitter.com/fmLlWDXgQ1
Students out in front of Fairmont Senior High School in solidarity with their teachers @WVMetroNews @WAJRNEWS @AJRNewsNetworkpic.twitter.com/bY6OWB8KI8
I spoke to an elementary school teacher in W.V. who has to work weekends at Hardee's to make ends meet. Needless to say, she'll be joining the statewide teachers strike this week -- the first in nearly 30 years. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/west-virginia-teachers-plan-statewide-strike_us_5a8c8a8ae4b00a30a2503bcc …
“We’re not leaving” “This is our house.” And, as per usual, clap clap clap-clap-clap. I think the last one was “Take the trash out.”pic.twitter.com/vxsw5O9352
More and more teachers and supporters are turning out to argue for higher wages and benefits at the WV statehouse.pic.twitter.com/cUHvT8EUyt
@WVGovernor addressing a packed house at @WheelingParkHS for a town hall concerning day three of a walkout. @WTOV9 @wchs8fox11pic.twitter.com/65yO6qAcAp – at Wheeling Park High School
Teachers and service personnel suggest putting off the road projects and paying them instead. @wchs8fox11 @WTOV9
. @WVgovernor says teachers have two cards to fix PEIA. One is co-tenacy. If that bill passes the @wvsenate they will be down to one. Teachers call on him to veto the bill if it passes. Justice says he'll consider that very strongly.
#EyewitnessWV
I’m always shocked how little teachers are paid. Don’t our representatives know that teachers have one of the hardest and most important jobs in our country ? https://apple.news/AaZD_Po1CSx-qv8gbnJaZow …
Interesting thing about this walkout by West Virginia teachers: they don't have the right to strike & what they're doing is essentially illegal. But pay is so low in WV that firing thousands of teachers and replacing them is virtually impossible. https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/education/statewide-walkout-announced-for-teachers-public-employees-on-thursday-and/article_ad7043a7-074d-5adf-b6ac-4ac69aca1260.html …
Teachers in West Virginia haven't gotten a raise in four years. Since then, prices have gone up, health care costs have risen, and so has the cost of living. Teachers deserve a raise--and they deserve the ability to strike for that raise. #1U
You need to be back in the classroom. Our kids need to be back in the classroom. #wvgov
WV’s Gov isn’t just sticking it to his state’s schools, teachers & students, he owes millions in taxes that cash-strapped schools in EKY need. http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/article202138339.html …
I apologize for the fact that you [teachers] have been forgotten in a lot of ways. You’re never forgotten with me. #wvgov
1) The teachers of West Virginia are not just fighting for themselves, our children or all public employees. In my view, teachers in West Virginia are joining a fight for the soul and spirit of West Virginia that started hundreds of years ago #55strong
#WV teachers & school service workers spend another day on picket lines.
“As long as we stay strong and stay together, nobody can stop us," one teacher told @WVMetroNews.
http://wvmetronews.com/2018/02/26/teachers-anticipate-attempts-to-send-them-back-to-work/ … From @JeffJenkinsMN & @CarrieHodousekpic.twitter.com/nEXoVy7Cny
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