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Ed Fellows and SLO program participants tell Las Cruces board cuts left staff without warning
Summary
Two public commenters who identified as Ed Fellows and as district employees said they were notified at the end of the school year that their fellowships/stipends were cut; they asked the board to reconsider program changes they said hurt participants and the teacher pipeline.
Two speakers in the public comment portion of the June 3 Las Cruces Public Schools board work session described abrupt program cuts that they said directly affected their income and career plans.
Norma Cervantes, who identified herself as an Ed Fellow and a single mother who had worked eight years in the district, said the district had "let us go not because there were…
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