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Parents, counselors and teachers urge Canutillo ISD board to preserve elementary counselors and pre-K programs
Summary
Multiple community members and school staff addressed the board during open forum to urge retention of elementary counseling positions and pre-K programs, citing mental-health interventions, social-emotional learning, child-development needs and waiting lists for Montessori and pre-K seats.
At the Canutillo ISD board meeting on March 25, several teachers, counselors and parents used the open-forum period to urge trustees not to cut elementary counseling positions or the district's pre-K and Montessori offerings.
Chelsea Nocheba, a school counselor at Jose Delgado Elementary, told the board she has spent five years working in the district and said reducing elementary counseling positions would put students at risk. "Our students, no matter the age, need to…
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