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Teachers, speech therapists and union leaders urge board to address vacancies, pay and benefits as school year begins
Summary
Multiple speakers at public comment warned of personnel shortages and urged the board to back proposals in upcoming contract negotiations; a speech-language pathologist said 41 SLP positions were vacant as of the weekend, affecting 55 schools.
During the public-comment portion of the Aug. 5 Duval County School Board meeting, teachers, therapists and union leaders asked the board to act quickly on staffing, compensation and resource gaps before students return.
Speech-language pathologist Laura Emmel told the board that "as of last weekend, we had 41 SLP positions vacant, and it'll impact 55 schools as of Monday morning." Emmel said the district had generated $1,900,000 in Medicaid school-match revenue over three years and that…
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