This 16-year-old student joined her teachers’ fight for raises by creating a video on TikTok... that just so happened to go viral
Social media has long been the connective tissue used by young activists to turn a moment into a movement. So when 16-year-old Gillian Sullivan from Henderson, Nevada, instinctively recorded and posted a video on TikTok to help organize a strike in solidarity with the teachers from her school, it wasn’t surprising. And two days later, the Clark County School District did exactly what she asked for.
“Our district is refusing to give teachers — who spent the past three years earning enough credits out of their own pockets, spending extra hours outside of school to earn credits to get a raise. And our school district won’t give it to them,” Gillian, a junior at CCSD’S Foothill High School, said in the August 26 video posted to TikTok. “Literally, they won’t pay the teachers what the teachers earned.
"I really didn't like to get as big as it did," Gillian told MTV News."And even now, I wouldn't say it's goneJust two days later, on August 28, the Clark County Educators Association and the Clark County School District reached an agreement, avoiding both the September 10 faculty strike and the September 5 student strike.
A representative from the school district told MTV News that the student’s social media posts “had no impact on contract negotiations,” adding that they “support all students who are willing to take the time to research issues that impact their education. We encourage students to express their opinions in an appropriate and respectful manner.”
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