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    Soaring health care costs drove West Virginia teachers to strike

    by Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times Mar 03, 2018 4 minutes

    The Wetzel County school district in West Virginia has given some pretty strange explanations for why every public school in the state has been closed for more than a week.

    "All schools in Wetzel County will be closed on Wed. Feb. 28, 2018, due to the stars beginning to align," the district announced on the state Department of Education's website.

    For seven straight school days, a teachers strike has gripped every county in West Virginia, with teachers setting up picket lines on public roads and thronging the state Capitol to holler at lawmakers.

    And with lawmakers unable to reach

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