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Residents urge Boone County board to address counselor cuts and bring back in-school suspension
Summary
Public speakers told the Boone County Board of Education that reductions in counseling staff at RA Jones have left a single counselor for hundreds of students and urged reinstatement of in‑school suspension at a middle school.
Speakers at the Boone County Board of Education meeting raised concerns about staffing and discipline policies, telling board members that counselor reductions at R.A. Jones Elementary (referred to in testimony as "Jones") have left the school with one counselor for more than 700 students.
"How do you take a high trauma school and reduce it to 1 counselor?" asked Leslie Chambers, a community member who signed up to speak. Chambers said two counselors were removed from the school's staffing and described frequent student crises and a heavy…
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