Parents and a state representative raise privacy and notification concerns as Cartwright reworks employee childcare

Public commenters and a state legislator’s representative pressed the Cartwright Elementary School District governing board over employee childcare during the regular meeting, raising concerns about staff notification, privacy and potential retaliation.

Anna Abadia, a state legislative representative, said board members had contacted district employees seeking her two-year-old daughter’s information and called those inquiries an improper invasion of family privacy. "My child is 2. She's not here for your entertainment," Abadia told the board, saying she had received repeated calls from staff reporting members asking for her child's birthday, classroom number and address. She said the conduct felt retaliatory and that she would take further action if it continued.

Resident Cecilia Moreno told the board she had heard teachers had not been informed…