A new teachers group says educators at 52 schools from Wilmington to just outside of Gastonia will participate in walkouts on Wednesday to protest for better working conditions.
Leaders of NC Teachers in Action say educators at 30 schools in Wake County, 15 in New Hanover County, five in Charlotte-Mecklenburg and two in Gaston County will hold either walkouts or walk-ins on Wednesday. Organizers say the protests in some of North Carolina’s largest counties will highlight the need for more support from state leaders for public education.
“We would have hoped for a much larger turnout than this,” Brandy Sanders, a Wake County teacher and one of the leaders of NC Teachers in Action, said in an interview Monday with The News & Observer. “I’m not disappointed because people are showing up, and the people that are showing up are definitely very passionate about it. I think that they really see that something needs to happen in order for us to make a change.”…