Teachers Rally Against MCPS’ Return-to-School Plans
Hundreds of Montgomery County Public School (MCPS) employees drove around the headquarters of the district’s headquarters in Rockville on Tuesday, honking horns and demanding they not return to the classroom until it is safe.
Their demonstration held up traffic, according to Montgomery County Police. The route included Hungerford Drive, MD 355 and Mannakee Street. According to MCEA, 900 cars joined the rally and 1,500 people participated.
MCPS Board of Education voted to bring students back into the classroom beginning March 1 and continuing through most of April.
Members of the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) and SEIU Local 500 rallied “in direct opposition to the recently approved MCPS reopening plan,” they wrote in a press release. The teachers and other school employees are requesting that more space, people and other resources, including improved ventilation, be addressed before returning.