Kirkland teacher walk out to protest lack of state funding

Lake Washington School District teachers walked out of class on Wednesday to protest a lack of state funding for public schools.

May 6, 2015 12:50 pm
Juanita High School teachers Toby Welch and Kim Roberts hold up signs at the intersection of Northeast 132nd Street and 100th Avenue Northeast near Juanita Elementary during a walkout on Wednesday to protest the state legislature not complying with the State Supreme Court’s decision concerning funding for K-12 education.
Juanita High School teachers Toby Welch and Kim Roberts hold up signs at the intersection of Northeast 132nd Street and 100th Avenue Northeast near Juanita Elementary during a walkout on Wednesday to protest the state legislature not complying with the State Supreme Court’s decision concerning funding for K-12 education.

Lake Washington School District teachers walked out of class on Wednesday to protest a lack of state funding for public schools.

The walk out included Kirkland teachers, who picketed major intersections in the city in objection to the state legislature not complying with a State Supreme Court decision that the government was in violation of the law.

The walk out resulted in Kirkland students missing class on Wednesday, which will be made up in June.