In February 1973 my husband, Monty, and I with many other committed teachers and parents marched to Olympia.
Monty and I are 1967 alumni of Whitworth University in Spokane. Levies and bonds failed there that spring. We did not want the Montana teachers’ salaries where we both had ties.
We signed our contracts to teach in Marysville in April 1967, sight unseen. We had never heard of Marysville.
Monty’s administrators loved his student teaching credentials and recommendations. I had not even student taught, but did just that soon after we signed for our very first jobs, a dream of jobs that we’d had since childhood.
Marysville trusted us, and hired us immediately at the Davenport Hotel in downtown Spokane. Signing with Marysville was a dream come true, and that rewarded us with 30 fun memorable years in the teaching profession.
The latest that the teachers of the Marysville School District have authorized a meeting in August to discuss potential statewide labor actions, including a strike over the Legislature’s continued failure to amply fund K-12 public schools as required by the state Constitution and the Supreme Court’s McCleary decision. The vote authorizes the union’s executive board to call the meeting based on whether the Legislature has passed a budget that fully funds public education and/or attacks the collective bargaining rights of the local association.
Yes, Marysville, it is important to stand together with other local districts if a state-wide action is deemed necessary.
Laurel Lundgren Parratt
Marysville
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