MLEA protests for contract negotiations adding back elementary programming
Around 200 people from Moses Lake Educators Alliance, Wenatchee School District and supporters gathered in front of CB Tech to protest the reduced elementary schedule. MLEA President said they are asking the district to tap into the reserve fund to pay for the added expense.
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Moses Lake School District Superintendent Carol Lewis said it is not feasible to bring back the elementary start time this year without tapping into the district’s reserves. She said she promised the district would do a zero-based budgeting system where it did not spend more than it was bringing in.
People, adorned in red, came to CB Tech to protest the ongoing contract negotiation, asking for elementary start times to return to 9 a.m. instead of 9:30 a.m.
Moses Lake Educators Association Heather Whittall addresses the crowd before walking out to Yonezawa Boulevard and looping up to the Moses Lake School District transportation building.
MOSES LAKE – Members of the Moses Lake Educators Alliance, Wenatchee School District employees and residents picketed before Thursday evening’s school board meeting. The group of over 200 chanted down Yonezawa Boulevard, in front of CB Tech, asking for the reinstatement of an additional 30 minutes of instructional time in elementary schools and calling for a fair contract.
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