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Teachers warn learning-center cuts at Central could remove on-campus calm space; union asks for recurring agenda time
Summary
Molly Johnson, a 25-year classroom teacher in the Belmont-Redwood Shores School District, told the Board of Trustees that she and colleagues are worried about the district’s temporary practice of having one learning-center teacher cover two sites.
Molly Johnson, a 25-year classroom teacher in the Belmont-Redwood Shores School District, told the Board of Trustees that she and colleagues are worried about the district’s temporary practice of having one learning-center teacher cover two sites.
"It seems to me the district is counting on that temporary fix again at the cost of the students and at the cost of the teachers," Johnson said, describing last year’s temporary reassignment of Central’s learning center teacher to Cipriani as now becoming recurring. "Learning center teachers is not just about the numbers on a piece of paper. ... These kids will have no place to go."
The concern focused on access to a calm, supervised space where students with 504…
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