Centralia Fills the Opera House to Demand Fired Teachers Get Their Jobs Back
A public meeting adopted a resolution asking school directors to reverse the dismissals and appointed a committee of five to investigate school matters.
CENTRALIA, April 20.-School matters continue to absorb a great deal of attention. At a public meeting held last night the opera house was crowded. A resolution was adopted requesting the school directors to reconsider their action and reinstate the teachers discharged. A committee of five citizens was appointed to investigate all matters relating to the schools.
“A resolution was adopted requesting the school directors to reconsider their action and reinstate the teachers discharged.”
The fight is familiar: a school board makes personnel cuts, and a community rallies to demand answers and reinstatement. In 1893 Centralia's response was a packed opera house and a citizens' committee; today it might be a packed district meeting and a petition.
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