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Teachers and service staff press board on staffing, discipline, PD and safety
Summary
Faculty senate representatives and service personnel described staffing cuts, reduced interventionists, behavior and vaping concerns, professional development mismatches, overcrowding and transportation safety. District leaders acknowledged the issues and promised follow-up.
Representatives from the district's faculty senates and service personnel used the April 21 meeting to press the Board of Education and superintendent on staffing, student behavior, professional development and safety concerns across Berkeley County Schools.
Kelsey Strelick, primary faculty senate president and an elementary teacher, told the board the group's meeting with senior staff highlighted successes such as KinderCam and MacBook access but also raised sustained concerns: reduced Title I interventionists, cuts to pre-K ECAT aid, losses of gifted-program positions, and growing student mental-health needs. "We need our professional experience to be trusted, we need our time to manage it all, and we need our instructional teammates," Strelick said.
Faculty representatives said the district's move to reduce interventionists and certain support…
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