Some North Carolina Schools Cancel May 1 Classes as Teachers Set to Protest
The four largest school districts in North Carolina canceled their May 1 classes because many of their teachers will be flocking to the state’s capital for a May Day protest.
May 1, or May Day, was chosen as the International Workers Day by socialists and communists.
The Raleigh News and Observer reported earlier in April that the number of employees taking a day off for the protest is so high that they’ve canceled classes. Other districts are staying open, asking that a small delegation travels to the protest instead.
State lawmakers applauded the districts that kept schools open.
“We don’t think it’s appropriate or healthy to keep hundreds of thousands of students out of the classroom, especially when education funding is at a historic high and teacher funding has increased at the third-highest rate in the entire country,” Pat Ryan, a spokesman for state Senate leader Phil Berger, told the Observer.
The May Day protest is organized by the Red for Ed movement, which is a headed by Noah Karvelis, a 24-year-old socialist in his second year as a teacher in Arizona. Karvelis spoke at the Socialism 2018 conference last year.
The Red for Ed movement is coordinated and funded by the largest labor union in the United States, the National Education Association (NEA). Red CONTINUE READING: Some North Carolina Schools Cancel May 1 Classes as Teachers Set to Protest
