Hundreds turn out to protest Missoula Public Schools superintendent’s and call for Trustees to Resign pay raise

Opponents of a decision to give the Missoula Schools Superintendent Alex Apostle a 13-percent raise protested Tuesday evening before the start of the monthly school board meeting.

Before the meeting started the Missoula Education Association, other local labor unions, teachers and community members held informational picket lines and protested the pay raise.

Students also held a separate protest at the XXX’s in downtown Missoula after which they marched to join the teacher protest.

Protesters filled the sidewalks around Sentinel High School boasting signs with questions and comments for the school board trustees and Dr. Apostle.

By Faith Cronin, KECI Reporter, [email protected]

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Packed house at Missoula School Board meeting

An overflow crowd gathered at Sentinel High School Tuesday evening at the Missoula County Public Schools Board meeting.

The meeting was moved to the high school to accommodate the large number of people who wanted to attend, and a long line of people unable to get into the gymnasium formed out in the hallway.

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