NC teachers ask for a day off for rally, but NC superintendent asks them to reconsider date

CHAPEL HILL -- As North Carolina school districts weigh whether to close May 1, when thousands of educators are expected to march in Raleigh, North Carolina State Superintendent Mark Johnson is asking them to reconsider the date.

Johnson wrote a letter to educators Friday to ask them to consider alternatives to taking off May 1, including coming to Raleigh during spring break or in June, after the school year ends.

Last year, over 19,000 teachers marched through Raleigh on May 16 to express their concerns to lawmakers, and at least 42 of North Carolina’s 115 school districts closed for the march last year.

The N.C. Association of Educators has scheduled this year’s march Wednesday, May 1, to focus on issues like raises, expanding Medicaid and hiring more school counselors and nurses.

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(Durham Herald Sun)