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Community speakers defend Joseph M. Gallagher principal as board approves nonrenewal resolutions
Summary
Parents, staff and former students urged the board to retain the principal of Joseph M. Gallagher (referred to by speakers as Mr. Kobyak/Kubiak) during public comment; later in the meeting the board adopted resolutions authorizing the nonrenewal of a principal and an assistant principal, votes recorded by roll call.
Several speakers at the Cleveland Municipal School District board meeting urged the board to allow a principal to continue serving at Joseph M. Gallagher School, while later the board adopted separate resolutions authorizing the nonrenewal of a principal and of an assistant principal.
Thomas Kubiak, who said he was on the board agenda later in the meeting, described professional and student achievements at Gallagher and asked the board to "vote with students" rather than bureaucracy. "If we…
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