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Updated Feb. 25 7:30 p.m.
According to the state Department of Education’s website Sunday night ,schools will be closed in at least 51 of West Virginia’s 55 counties Monday.
Original story:
A statewide walkout has been announced for teachers and other state employees for Thursday and Friday next week. The announcement was made during a weekend rally at the state Capitol in Charleston.
Christine Campbell, President of the West Virginia chapter of the American Federation of Teachers, stood at a podium on the Capitol steps as she announced the walkout.
An estimated 10,000 teachers, state workers and supporters came out on a cold, rainy Saturday to send a message to their lawmakers. They demanded higher wages and a long-term fix to rising health insurance premiums.
Lisa Stillion is a health science teacher at Wheeling Park High School. She drove from Ohio County to attend the rally and deliver a message to her lawmakers.
“I think what the Legislature is doing is just despicable. We need to vote them out. Get your heads out of your rear ends; be thinking about who you represent. You work for us. We don’t work for you,” she said.
A bill to increase wages for teachers and other state employees has been moving through the legislative process, but after changes made in the House of Delegates, it was moved to a Rules Committee in the Senate last week.
The bill, as it left the House, would raise salaries by two percent in the first year, and then one percent in each of the following three years.
House lawmakers also voted to apply $29 million from the state’s Rainy Day Fund to freeze insurance rates for teachers and state workers for the next fiscal year.
But teachers and other state employees say it isn’t enough. A representative from the United Mine Workers of America, along with several other speakers, encouraged those at the rally to not stand down.
“So let me ask you, are you ready to raise some hell?” asked a UMWA representative, “Are you ready to fight? I said are you ready to fight?”
The West Virginia American Federation of Teachers’ chapter is encouraging all those participating in the walkout to come to the state Capitol to have their voices heard.
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In the runup to the midterm elections, it’s time for a new Us & Them dinner party. Host Trey Kay brings West Virginians together from a range of political perspectives to share some family dishes, as well as their thoughts. This time around, the conversation included some new topics as well as some of the familiar issues that divide us. We listen to an excerpt.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWith the midterm elections approaching, Us & Them is taking the Dinner Party on the road to a trio of communities across West Virginia. In the first of our three gatherings this fall, host Trey Kay is back in Charleston bringing together conservative and liberal West Virginians to share a potluck meal, talk politics and see whether conversation across the divide can uncover some common ground.
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Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAt the core of the case is who in government has final authority over policy and rulemaking for the state's public schools: the Board of Education or the Legislature.
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