CK School District cancels school on May 7

Published 10:32 am Wednesday, April 29, 2015

CENTRAL KITSAP – A teacher’s union walkout on Thursday, May 7, to protest legislative proposals on school funding led the Central Kitsap School District to cancel school that day.

The district is asking parents to arrange alternate care for their children.

All after-school activities and athletics for kindergarten through eighth grade will be cancelled or rescheduled. Schools will start rescheduling activities and athletics and will communicate through their regular channels.

All high school AP testing and after school athletics will continue as originally scheduled.

The union has been clear that this walkout is not directed at Central Kitsap School District or our community. It is part of a statewide effort to influence the Legislature. The union indicates that its purpose is to apply political pressure to do what teachers believe is right for students.

The school board must approve any make up days. The district will propose making up the missed day of school on Wednesday, June 17. This date was originally scheduled on the district calendar as a possible makeup day.

The district said it apologized for the inconvenience the walkout might cause to students and their families.