By MICHAEL ERB
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Schools will remain closed today despite an initial meeting between state House and Senate representatives to work on a pay raise bill for teachers, service personnel and other public employees.
All 55 counties canceled classes for the ninth day as teachers and service personnel protest low pay and increasing insurance costs.
In Wood County, more than 100 public employees marched from Parkersburg High School to Parkersburg South High School Monday morning, joining picketers already assembled there. Protesters carried signs calling for action on the state’s Public Employees Insurance Agency, or PEIA, and a 5 percent pay increase promised by Gov. Jim Justice last week, as well as thanking the community for its continued support.
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