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Teacher warns board cutting career‑literacy classes would reduce reading support for middle grades
Summary
A middle-school career-literacy teacher told the board the district proposal to eliminate career‑literacy would remove a program used for reading support, special-education pullouts and career awareness; she urged members to reconsider before a formal hearing April 21.
Tracy McClanahan, a career-literacy teacher who identified herself as a middle-school instructor, addressed the board during delegations to oppose a county recommendation to eliminate career‑literacy classes across middle schools.
McClanahan said the district’s plan would remove 24 career-literacy teachers and argued that the course — introduced about 8½ years ago to improve students’ informational reading and writing — supplies critical reading instruction and supports for…
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