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Large public turnout urges board to preserve teachers, libraries and programs amid proposed cuts
Summary
More than three dozen speakers during public comment urged the board to avoid proposed staffing and program cuts, preserve libraries and reading specialists, and consider higher tax increases rather than cutting classroom positions; speakers included teachers, parents, students and community members.
Dozens of community members — teachers, parents, students and other residents — used the public‑comment period at the April 22 Elizabethtown Area School District board meeting to press the board to rethink proposed staff reductions and program cuts.
Speakers repeatedly warned that cutting teachers, reading specialists and library funding would directly harm students’ learning, widen achievement gaps and reduce extracurricular and elective opportunities. Speakers included kindergarten and…
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