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Photos: Education Rally

Thousands of teachers, staff, concerned parents and children dressed in red for ed were at the Capitol on Monday to fight for more funding.

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According to the Virginia Education Association (VEA), Virginia ranks 40th in the country in direct pupil aid, down an estimated eight percent since the recession when adjusted for inflation. Virginia ranks 32nd in teacher salary, lagging $8,500 behind the national average.

Those numbers are more depressing when you take into account a 2019 five percent pay raise for teachers, which was the largest single-year raise in 15 years. Infrastructure is also suffering just last week George Mason Elementary was closed due to a busted pipe.

From VEA:

“It’s way past time for them to live up to their obligations to the children of this Commonwealth and to the people who work with them!” boomed VEA President Jim Livingston to an enthusiastic crowd of over 2,000, who responded raucously as Livingston added a promise: “We will be ever vigilant to hold them accountable for what they’ve promised they would do—and if they don’t vote to support our students and our schools, we’ll help them pack their stuff and go!”


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Richard Hayes is the co-founder of RVAHub. When he isn't rounding up neighborhood news, he's likely watching soccer or chasing down the latest and greatest board game.