STRIKING PROTEST
Bethany Hay, left, a seventh grader in the South Butler School District, and Joyce Schnur and her daughter, Julianne, also a seventh grader, protest the teacher strike Oct. 31 during a parent-student picket at the district campus. Between South Butler's strike, which lasted from Oct. 23 to Nov. 18, and Seneca Valley's finalized labor contract in April, teacher strikes dominated school news in 2008.