A group of Strongsville residents are reportedly planning a rally Friday afternoon to oppose the ongoing teachers' strike and support the Board of Education.
Word on social media sites and among Strongsville Patch commenters is that the rally is set for 3-7 p.m. Friday, March 15 -- a week after former Gov. Ted Strickland led a rally for striking Strongsville Education Association members on the City Commons.
"Friday, 3-7p at the Commons. I guarantee a better turnout than Strickland got," one Strongsville Patch reader wrote.
Classrooms Won't be Bare Any More
A Facebook page called End the Strongsville Teachers Strike NOW says volunteers will meet Thursday morning at the Strongsville Library to create decorations and donate supplies for the schools.
A post on the site says teachers removed artwork and wall decorations before going on strike and "classrooms are like prisons. Everything is bare. All the artwork is down. It's not a good environment."
The page says it was put together parents, taxpayers and concerned citizens who want to find a way to halt the strike.
SEA President Followed
SEA President Tracy Linscott filed a police report in Independence, where she lives, saying she was followed home from a meeting March 6 by a man in a truck.
She was able to lose the man, WKYC-TV reported.
She saw him again after a meeting at a federal mediator's office this past Monday, March 11, but he did not follow her.
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The few left on the picket lines are essentially the ones that we've all had to deal with as parents. You know the ones. No updates on grades, never return calls, put in their hours but not their time. I feel sorry for the teachers that actauly do care. Guilt by association is tough but they do have a choice and I'd think it's getting easier to make.
When it happens I hope it's reported and everyone is offended and outraged.
we also just passed a levy and a bond issue, just to support the schools, we are just saying that we are not going to pay another nickel to support SOME and I will repeat SOME of the most worthless pile of teachers in the region
Money for the police union. Money for the fire union. Money for a football stadium, money for a fancy sign. Money for more soccer fields used two weekends a year. Money for the private baseball coach and money for the premier soccer team. The teachers won't take pay cuts for the 7th, 8th and 9th year in a row? Don't they know Strongsville is poor and broke?
Highlights of the contract include no pay increases, though longevity steps will remain; an increase in teachers' contribution to their health care from 17.5 percent to 20 percent; and an agreement that high school teachers will teach six periods instead of five.
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