School Canceled As Teachers Head To Lansing Protests

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Some Michigan school districts are closing schools on Tuesday as large numbers of teachers head to Lansing to participate in the protests against right-to-work legislation the state House is taking up, the Detroit Free Press reports

Hundreds of teachers are expected to join the protest against right-to-work legislation in Lansing today, leading school districts to close some schools…

 

The American Federation of Teachers-Michigan distributed a list of places to board buses to the protest, including four union halls in Detroit, one in Taylor, nine in other metro locations and five outstate locations.

Districts reported closed so far are Taylor, Fitzgerald and Warren Consolidated Schools, according to the Detroit News.

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