By Daniel Desrochers, includes “…'Promises were made to us by the commonwealth, and those promises need to be kept by the commonwealth,' said Erin Grace, a teacher at Rockcastle County High School and the president of Rockcastle County Education Association. 'We need, as a state, to treat funding for our schools, the services our kids need and the people who devote their working lives to providing those services as a top priority, not as a burden.' …”