MONROE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- The fight to raise teacher pay is ongoing in Union County. One parent says she and other parents have been advocating for the last three-and a-half years to put more money in teachers' pockets.

"It's great that they advocate and say that they're number one in the state, but there's still a massive divide saying that when you are rising every year in your standards and in your placing in the state, it's important that you advocate and pay your teachers," said Jen Sanders, a parent and teachers' union advocate.

On Wednesday, 700 teachers in Union County Public Schools called out sick in response to a bonus allocation that fell short of promises. The school board originally requested $14.6 million to fund the $2,000 supplemental increase -- about $100 more

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