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Bessie Rhodes parent raises staffing, transparency concerns for dual-language program
Summary
A Bessie Rhodes parent told the board that a kindergarten teacher was reassigned to third grade at the last minute and said the teacher is being pressured to leave the district; the speaker urged board accountability and said the situation threatens the district's dual-language program.
At public comment during the Aug. 18 Evanston/Skokie District 65 board meeting, Bridget Utter, a parent of students at Bessie Rhodes, urged the board and superintendent to address what she described as chaotic staff reassignment at the school.
Utter said third-grade families at Bessie Rhodes were told one of the kindergarten teachers, identified in her remarks as "Ms. Martinez," would become a third-grade teacher, and…
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