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Teachers, staff and parents press Middlesex board to settle contract amid staffing shortages
Summary
Dozens of teachers, support staff, parents and residents urged the Middlesex Borough School District board during public comment to settle the outstanding teachers' contract, saying prolonged negotiations are worsening staff morale and driving vacancies—particularly in special education.
During the meeting's public comment period, a large group of district employees, parents and community members urged the Middlesex Borough School District board to settle the outstanding teachers' contract and to address persistent staffing shortages, especially in special education.
Several teachers and support staff described long vacancies that they said have forced teacher assistants to run full classrooms for months. Jessica Khan, who said she was reassigned from reading specialist to special education math, told the board she has “40 plus students that are not receiving services that they so desperately need because we cannot get teachers to come and teach in our district.” Another commenter…
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