Albany teachers rally for funding

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1. Bend-La Pine teachers, parents, staff rally to support education funding

A sea of 2,000 red-clad teachers from Bend-La Pine Schools, parents, kids and even dogs flooded downtown Bend on Wednesday afternoon as part of a statewide effort to urge Oregon lawmakers to fully fund schools.

The passionate crowd joined tens of thousands of teachers across Oregon to pressure the Legislature into passing the $2 billion Student Success Act, which aims to improve K-12 education through a business activities tax. People in Bend gathered after school Wednesday, but schools were closed for all or part of the day in 25 districts statewide.

Outside the Bend-La Pine office on NW Wall Street, the crowd chanted, cheered and waved signs that read “Today, we use our outside voices” and “Kids need counselors! Kids need art! Kids need you to vote with your heart!”

One small child held a sign that read: “Invest in me.”

Read more: https://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/7146317-151/bend-la-pine-teachers-parents-staff-rally-to-support