BERKELEY COUNTY SCHOOLS CLOSINGS

After Jefferson County announced their closing due to the WV strike against teachers salary, Berkeley County schools will also be closed for a whole week beginning Thursday February 22nd, 2018 until March 1st, 2018. A refrain West Virginia teachers are repeating is that their wages rank as the 48th lowest in the country, a figure distributed by the National Education Association. β€œI hope they understand that teachers are frustrated. Hopefully it will send a message of please try to take care of this right away so that we can get everybody back to a normal schedule and our kids in school,” Martinsburg High teacher David Ryan says.
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