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Estes parents press board over STEM cuts, larger classes and lost instructional assistance
3177934 · May 2, 2025
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Several Estes Elementary parents and teachers addressed the board during public comment to urge restoration of elementary STEM programming, more instructional assistants, and steps to ease overcrowding.
Parents from Estes Elementary told the Buncombe County Board of Education Thursday they are concerned about recent cuts to elementary STEM programming, larger class sizes, and the loss of instructional assistants.
"To take that away now is to deny our children future opportunities," Anna Guthy, an Estes parent, told the board, urging the district to…
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