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Strongsville Teachers, Supporters to Rally Friday at City Commons
People who didn't get chance to speak at last School Board meeting will deliver their speeches
The Strongsville Education Association will have a "Get Our Teachers Back" rally at 5 p.m. Friday, April 26 in the gazebo at the City Commons.
Striking teachers are expected to attend, along with parents and students who wanted to speak in their favor at the last School Board meeting, but did not get a chance.
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"Some of these community members are expected to attend the rally alongside their teachers and deliver the speeches that they prepared in futility for the April 18 Board meeting," an SEA news release said.
The supporters complained after the meeting that the public comment section was "rigged" to give mostly pro-board speakers a turn at the microphone.
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A negotiating session is scheduled for 1 p.m. today in the stalled contract talks. The strike is ending its eighth week.
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