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Teachers, parents and union leaders urge board to keep counselors and to grant emotional‑support‑animal accommodation
Summary
Public commenters urged the board to allow a teacher's emotional support animal, to reinstate or retain specific Montgomery High administrators, and to reverse an involuntary counselor transfer, arguing the staff are critical to student well‑being during consolidations and campus changes.
Several public commenters at the May 28 meeting urged the board to reconsider personnel moves and to grant an emotional‑support‑animal accommodation for a teacher.
Jennifer Yukin, a first‑grade teacher at Biella Elementary, asked the board to "please make an exception to the emotional support animal board policy on my behalf," saying the animal is necessary for her to continue working with students. "I absolutely love being a teacher," Yukin said,…
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