KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Some Kalamazoo Public Schools (KPS) teachers were once again on the picket line Wednesday evening after they said they still do not have updated contracts.
The protest is in response to KPS teachers entering their third consecutive school year without a new deal.
Educators News Channel 3 spoke with at the beginning of October said many teachers have left the profession because they cannot afford to remain in the field with rising costs of living and accumulation of student loan debt.
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Randy Borden, a bargaining consultant with the Michigan Education Association, spoke at Wednesday’s event, highlighting their efforts to get a new plan in place for educators and the problems they’ve faced so far…