Burien, WA– All schools in Highline Public Schools will be closed on May 21 due to a teacher walkout.

The Highline Education Association (HEA)—the teachers’ union—has voted to participate in a one-day walkout on May 21. Highline does not have enough substitute teachers to cover all classes that day, so school is cancelled on May 21.

Highline will make up the school day on May 26, the district’s scheduled snow make-up day.

HEA wrote in communication with its members, “The target of HEA’s May 21 Day of Action Walkout is the WA State Legislature, not the Highline School District.”