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Teachers, support staff and PEA praise district support during public comment; board responds
Summary
Multiple teachers, a school social worker and the president of the Provo Education Association used the Feb. 11 public-comment period to thank Provo district leaders for local support amid a difficult legislative season.
More than half a dozen educators and support staff used the Feb. 11 public-comment period to thank the Provo City School Board and district leaders for what they described as strong local support for teachers, students and school services.
Speakers included Kayleen Dewey, a third-grade teacher at Amelia Earhart Elementary, who described a classroom unit on civic education and told the board, “We get to teach our third graders what it means to be in a government by the people and for the people.” Shontay Harrell, a school social worker at Shoreline, said she had worked in other districts and that Provo stands out for having school social workers,…
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