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Winston-Salem Cancels Classes As Teachers Join List Of Statehouse Protestors

KERI BROWN / WFDD

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools has joined a growing group of districts cancelling classes on May 16th.

More than a third of North Carolina's public school students will have a holiday next week as schools close for teachers to attend a rally in the Raleigh.

Thousands of teachers are expected at the state capital May 16th to ask for better pay and working conditions.  

More than a dozen districts comprising more than a half million students will cancel classes that day.

The addition of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County means the state's four largest school systems are among those closing. That includes Wake County, Charlotte-Mecklenburg and Guilford County County schools.

Districts are making plans to accommodate students with exams happening May 16 as well as getting meal schedules prepared for low-income students.

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Sean Bueter joined WFDD in August 2015 as a reporter covering issues across the Piedmont Triad and beyond.Previously, Sean was a reporter, host and news director at WBOI in Fort Wayne, Ind., just a few hours from where he grew up. He also sorted Steve Inskeep's mail as an intern at NPR in Washington, D.C.Sean has experience on a variety of beats, including race, wealth and poverty, economic development, and more. His work has appeared on NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered, and APM's Marketplace.In his spare time, Sean plays tennis (reasonably well), golf (reasonably poorly), and scours local haunts for pinball machines to conquer.

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