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Tech workers, principals and parents urge board to rescind layoffs and shore up after‑school funding
Summary
Tech staff and union representatives said layoff notices threaten daily instruction and Chromebook support at multiple high schools; principals and parents asked the board to address after‑school YMCA funding cuts and urgent teacher vacancies.
During the public comment period the board heard multiple speakers who urged the district to rescind recent layoff notices that affect central-office and school-site technical staff and to address losses in after‑school funding and classroom vacancies.
John Varga, representing IFPTE Local 21 ProTech bargaining unit, said the layoff notices will ‘‘have immediate and lasting negative impacts’’ if positions that maintain attendance databases and repair instructional technology are eliminated. Varga said the district has not explained how it will…
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