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hough they would have rather been in their classrooms, hundreds of Little Rock educators picketed at public schools across the city to fight for their students on November 14th.
Parents, educators and community members took a stand to demand one locally and democratically elected school board with full decision-making authority for the Little Rock School District. The oneday strike was LRSD’s first work stoppage since 1987 (See the AEA Rewind p. 27). After walking the picket line at their schools, a crowd rallied outside the state board of education meeting and on the steps of the state Capitol. LREA President Teresa Knapp Gordon, AEA President Carol Fleming and NEA Executive Committee Member George Sheridan commended the crowd for the show of solidarity and called on the state to return control of the district to the local community.
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