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Elementary library aide warns that planned staffing cuts would hurt students' reading access
Summary
An East Haven elementary library aide urged the board to keep elementary library aides after hearing of a plan to eliminate all library aides except for the middle and high schools. The speaker said the library program and book fair support student reading engagement and resources.
Kelly Delucia, a library aide at Mamawin (Mamogwin/Mowgwin) School, addressed the board during the audience-of-citizens portion to oppose a plan she said would eliminate elementary library aides districtwide and retain library aides only at the middle and high school levels.
Delucia identified herself as the library aide at Mamawin School and said she and colleagues see classes daily, help students find appropriate books and have supported…
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