STRIKE UPDATE: Teachers rally at ShoWare and strike continues - Covington Reporter:
"Kent Education Association President Lisa Brackin-Johnson said after the rally, “The teachers are staying resolute to what they believe and what is good for the students.”
Dale Folkerts, spokesman for the union, said at about 11 a.m. Sunday if an agreement was not reached by noon, there would not be time to get the information out to parents and teachers for school to start Monday.
“We are saddened the district has not taken these issues seriously enough to bring a compromise,” Folkerts said by phone Sunday. “The issues are the classes are too crowded and too many administrative meetings. It robs the teachers’ time with the students.”
Pay has also been an issue, but according to Folkerts it did not spark the strike.
Folkerts said he believes if the other two issues had been dealt with the union and district could have come to an agreement over wages."
"Kent Education Association President Lisa Brackin-Johnson said after the rally, “The teachers are staying resolute to what they believe and what is good for the students.”
Dale Folkerts, spokesman for the union, said at about 11 a.m. Sunday if an agreement was not reached by noon, there would not be time to get the information out to parents and teachers for school to start Monday.
“We are saddened the district has not taken these issues seriously enough to bring a compromise,” Folkerts said by phone Sunday. “The issues are the classes are too crowded and too many administrative meetings. It robs the teachers’ time with the students.”
Pay has also been an issue, but according to Folkerts it did not spark the strike.
Folkerts said he believes if the other two issues had been dealt with the union and district could have come to an agreement over wages."
