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Teacher concerns prompt board to table 2025–26 calendar item; board member speaks out on governance
Summary
A Signal Hill teacher and VTEA president raised staff concerns about the proposed 2025–26 school calendar; after board debate a motion to table curriculum item 16.5 (the calendar) passed. A board member used public comment to criticize attempts to silence dissent and pledged to continue asking questions about district decisions.
The Voorhees Township Board of Education tabled a curriculum agenda item tied to the 2025–26 school calendar after a Signal Hill teacher raised staff concerns during public comment and board members debated the issue.
Trish Saka, a third‑grade teacher at Signal Hill and president of the Voorhees Teachers Education Association (VTEA), urged the board to review the calendar closely before approving it. ‘‘I just want to make sure that before you vote on the calendar tonight that you have all had the opportunity to look it over and that as a board … you have considered the effects…
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