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Teachers’ union urges immediate action on Pembroke special education staffing and class sizes
Summary
A teachers’ union representative told the board Pembroke’s self-contained special education classrooms are overcrowded, paraprofessional staffing is unreliable, and asked the district for a plan with smaller class sizes, dedicated assistant principal support and reliable paraprofessional teams.
A representative identifying herself as the president of the teachers’ union addressed the board during public comment to request immediate district action to address what she called an “unsustainable” special education situation at Pembroke Elementary.
The union leader said self-contained special education classrooms have grown without corresponding increases in staffing and supports and asked the board to reduce class sizes, provide reliable paraprofessional staffing, add administrative leadership devoted to the special…
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