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Special education paraeducator asks board to allow true off‑duty breaks without radio duty
Summary
A Blackwood Elementary special education teacher asked the board to allow paraeducators to take uninterrupted breaks rather than keeping radios on, saying current practice reduces well-being and is being recorded as time from professional development hours.
Heather Weistrom, a special education teacher at Blackwood Elementary, used the public-comment period at the July 8 meeting to request that paraeducators be allowed to take true off‑duty breaks. Weistrom said paraeducators are typically expected to carry radios during their lunch and 15‑minute breaks and respond to safety calls; when break time is interrupted they are instructed…
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