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Teachers, staff tell North Bend SD 13 board scheduling, staffing changes are hurting special programs
Summary
During public comment and associate reports, teachers and staff described canceled special-music sessions and disrupted schedules caused by staff turnover and position eliminations, saying the changes reduced services for students with extra needs.
Teachers and staff told the North Bend SD 13 board on Sept. 4 that staff turnover and recent position reductions have disrupted schedules and reduced specialized services for students.
Ben Castillo, a life-skills teacher who told the board he is in his 14th year, said a planned general-music class that would have focused on students on his caseload was canceled this year because of scheduling inflexibility and staffing changes. "I teach the life skills students. This is my fourteenth year," Castillo said on the record; he told the board he…
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