More than a fifth of the teachers at Metro Nashville Public Schools didn’t show up to school on Friday.

Their absence was in protest of Mayor David Briley’s proposed budget, a three-percent increase in salary.

Teachers have repeatedly pushed for a 10-percent increase to adjust for cost of living.

Eleventh grader Isabella Dominguez was caught off guard when she arrived at school at McGavock High Friday morning.

“It’s just been awful,” said Dominguez. “I got there around 6:30 a.m. and we were all just walking around going ‘what’s happening?'”   FULL STORY HERE