Should you for some reason happen to be in the basement of the Oklahoma capitol next Wednesday afternoon, you’re going to witness an impressive sight.
Up to 40 Oklahoma’s educators will arrive ready to fill out applications to run for state elected office, reports News 9 Oklahoma City.The public school workers are running to try in response to deep cuts to education funding in the state, which have gutted schools and left students in the lurch.
Kelly Dodd, an Oklahoma parent, called the move “monumental.”
Many educators are leaving the schools to join this movement, where they feel they’re more needed. One former teacher, Judy Mullen Hopper, retired last year after 35 years of teaching. She could soon be Senator Hopper.
