Justin Kirby

English teacher at Fairfax High School

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English teacher at Fairfax High School, a public school in the Fairfax district of Los Angeles

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Several thousand Los Angeles teachers turned out last night to point flashlights on LA Unified offices downtown and in the San Fernando Valley.

LA Teachers Protest Stalled Contract Talks

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