Aug 15, 2016
Hoping to increase school funding, some teachers are becoming first-time politicians this campaign season in Kansas. And if they win, some will face a hiatus in salary or even loss of their jobs. But they press on, even though, as one Aug. 2 primary winner noted, “It was not on my bucket list.”
"“I constantly tell my high-school students, ‘If you don’t vote or get involved, don’t gripe,’ ” he added. So he’s getting involved as never before. At the Kansas Democratic caucuses McCorkle was chosen a delegate for presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders. Education advocates were taken by McCorkle’s persuasive speaking style and urged him to run for office."