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Parent, teacher raise pickup-policy and classroom safety concerns during public comment
Summary
During public comment, a Cambridge Elementary parent complained about after‑school pickup rules at a Boys & Girls Club program and a Pleasant Hill Middle School music teacher described unresolved rodent and off‑gassing problems that displaced his classroom.
Two speakers used the Mount Diablo Unified board’s public comment period on Aug. 13, 2025, to raise concerns about after‑school pickup policies and classroom safety.
Parent concerns at Cambridge Elementary Jenny Rose Jimenez, identified as a parent of a second grader at Cambridge Elementary, told the board she is ‘‘concerned because our students are are not allowed to leave’’ the after‑school program sponsored this year by the Boys & Girls Club. She said parents are not permitted to pick up children before 5:30 p.m., producing long pickup lines and unsafe waits in hot weather. Jimenez said families can be removed from the program after three early‑pickup attempts in a month and described the policy…
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