The Wake County school system has canceled in-person classes for Friday at all schools ahead of the mass teacher protest in Raleigh.
The majority of Wake County’s 203 schools were already going to be closed Friday because of a teacher workday scheduled before the protest was announced. On Thursday, the school district announced that all of the remaining schools — year-round, modified calendar and early colleges — will now switch to remote learning on Friday.
Wake had thought it would have enough substitute teachers for Friday. But a number of the remaining schools were still short with substitute teachers refusing to show up to show solidarity with educators who will be marching on Friday…