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Parents and staff raise concerns about after‑school pick‑up, classroom safety and unfinished remodel work
Summary
Parents and staff raised concerns about after‑school pick‑up rules, a teacher grievance over rodents and hazardous off‑gassing, and unfinished classroom remodel work during public comment.
Several community members and district employees used the Aug. 13 public‑comment period to raise concerns about after‑school pick‑up rules, classroom health and outstanding construction work.
Jenny Rose Jimenez, who identified herself as a parent of a second grader at Cambridge Elementary, said the school’s after‑school program operated by the Boys & Girls Club does not allow parents to pick up students before 5:30 p.m. She said long lines form, parents wait in the heat and that she believes the restriction disproportionately impacts families at lower‑income sites. Jimenez said parents are told that if they attempt early pickup more than three times a month they may be…
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