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Parents, colleagues urge Volusia board to reinstate Tierra T. Small teacher amid dismissal dispute
Summary
Multiple speakers at the Volusia County School Board meeting on March 11 urged trustees to reconsider the dismissal of teacher Lakisha Byrd, saying she built programs and relationships at Tierra T. Small and asking the board to review the decision at the March 25 meeting.
Dozens of parents, colleagues and students told the Volusia County School Board on March 11 that the district should reinstate teacher and program leader Lakisha Byrd, who she and supporters say was dismissed after alleged mishandling of a book fair.
Several speakers used the board’s public comment period to describe Byrd’s record at Tierra T. Small and other schools and to ask trustees to reverse a personnel decision scheduled to be reconsidered March 25. Speakers said Byrd created programs that did not exist before her tenure and that students and families…
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