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PGCEA and teachers tell PGCPS board workloads are —unsustainable—; union urges action, not study
Summary
At the April 24 board meeting dozens of educators and the Prince George—s County Educators Association president testified that teacher workload, vacancies, and burnout are severe and urged the board and district bargaining team to adopt concrete measures rather than form additional study committees.
Dozens of Prince George—s County educators used the board—s public-comment period on April 24 to press the board and district leadership for immediate action to address heavy workloads, staffing shortages and teacher burnout. The district—s teachers— union, the Prince George—s County Educators Association, urged bargaining outcomes that protect planning time, reduce caseloads, and limit administrative tasks that teachers say are crowding out instruction.
The nut graf
Speakers described a range of classroom and administrative burdens—from frequent mandated data-entry tasks to hand-scoring district benchmarks—that they say are driving attrition and vacancies. The union president and multiple classroom teachers said the district—s response so far has been to —study— proposed changes rather than to bargain immediate relief.
Key testimony
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