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Arcadia parents say paraeducators being cut; district cites school bookkeeping, points to October 1 funding rules
Summary
Parents at an Arcadia Elementary community forum said paraeducators are losing paid hours at the end of the school year; Granite School District officials said the reduction appears tied to a school-level bookkeeping error and reminded attendees that land trust funding and the state—unding trues up to the October 1 student count.
Arcadia Elementary parents told Granite School District officials at a community forum that several paraeducators and classroom aides are being moved off payroll at the end of the school year, leaving classrooms short of support.
The parents said land trust funds and local staffing are not covering the gap. "We are drowning. We don't have the resources we need," one Arcadia PTA member said, describing aides who "are now volunteering because they cannot let the school just bail." The parent added that projected enrollment figures used for funding have repeatedly undercounted Arcadia.
Granite School District administrators told the meeting the immediate problem appears to…
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