Austin teachers, staff rally outside AISD headquarters ahead of board meeting

Valencia Johnson, a special education teacher at Navarro Early College High School, leads chants during a rally held by Education Austin, the union for Austin ISD teachers and staff, ahead of the school board meeting, Thursday, April 25, 2024.

Grace Carriker-Cavin, a second grade teacher at Pleasant Hill Elementary School, marches during a rally held by Education Austin, the union for Austin ISD teachers and staff, ahead of the school board meeting, Thursday, April 25, 2024.

Members of Education Austin, the union for the teachers and staff of Austin ISD, hold signs up to passing cars on Ben White Boulevard near the headquarters for Austin ISD during a rally held ahead of the school board meeting, Thursday, April 25, 2024.

Members of Education Austin, the union for the teachers and staff of Austin ISD, hold signs up to passing cars on Ben White Boulevard near the headquarters for Austin ISD during a rally held ahead of the school board meeting, Thursday, April 25, 2024.

Normando Garcia, left, a P.E. teacher at Becker Elementary and Emily Sharrin, right, a teaching assistant at Patton Elementary, hold signs up to passing cars on Ben White Boulevard near the headquarters for Austin ISD during a rally held by Education Austin, the union for AISD teachers and staff, ahead of the school board meeting, Thursday, April 25, 2024.

Members of Education Austin, the union for the teachers and staff of Austin ISD, march to the headquarters for Austin ISD during a rally held ahead of the school board meeting, Thursday, April 25, 2024.

Tay Cavin-Carriker, a fifth grade teacher at Williams Elementary, leads chants during a rally held by Education Austin, the union for Austin ISD teachers and staff, ahead of the school board meeting, Thursday, April 25, 2024.

Valencia Johnson, a special education teacher at Navarro Early College High School, holds a sign up to passing cars during a rally held by Education Austin, the union for Austin ISD teachers and staff, ahead of the school board meeting, Thursday, April 25, 2024.

Members of Education Austin, the union for the teachers and staff of Austin ISD, march to the headquarters for Austin ISD during a rally held ahead of the school board meeting, Thursday, April 25, 2024.

Roscoe McCormick, an A.V.I.D coordinator at Keeling Middle School, holds a sign up to passing cars during a rally held by Education Austin, the union for Austin ISD teachers and staff, ahead of the school board meeting, Thursday, April 25, 2024.

Grace Carriker-Cavin, a second grade teacher at Pleasant Hill Elementary School, holds a sign up to passing cars during a rally held by Education Austin, the union for Austin ISD teachers and staff, ahead of the school board meeting, Thursday, April 25, 2024.

Members of Education Austin, the union for the teachers and staff of Austin ISD, hold signs up to passing cars on Ben White Boulevard near the headquarters for Austin ISD during a rally held ahead of the school board meeting, Thursday, April 25, 2024.

Thomas Marshall, a substitute teacher, carries his dog, Bruno, while marching to support his wife, a teacher, during a rally held by Education Austin, the union for Austin ISD teachers and staff, ahead of the school board meeting, Thursday, April 25, 2024.