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Brookline educators urge Select Board to use certified free cash to avoid more school cuts
Summary
Educators and union leaders told the Select Board the Brookline Public Schools face steep deficits and urged use of certified free cash and other short-term funds to restore positions and avoid pending reduction-in-force notices.
Educators and union leaders used the Select Board’s public comment period on April 8 to press town officials for short-term funding to prevent further cuts to Brookline Public Schools.
Rachel Dunbar, a Brookline special educator, said the School Committee’s recent elimination of the Office of Educational Equity and proposed cuts to curriculum coordinators will widen achievement gaps for traditionally underserved students. Dunbar urged the town to consider “certified free cash” as a one-time source to cover the current gap and protect vulnerable…
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