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Staff, teachers raise campus safety, classroom climate and burnout concerns at Washington Elementary School District board meeting
Summary
Multiple staff and community members told the Washington Elementary School District governing board on April 24 that campus safety, chronic classroom disruptions and teacher burnout are driving experienced educators from classrooms and that the district should provide clearer explanations for planned staffing cuts.
At the April 24 Washington Elementary School District governing board meeting, staff and community members detailed safety and classroom climate problems at multiple campuses and urged district leaders to act to protect staff and students.
Several speakers described repeated incidents of violence and chronic disruptions at Palo Verde Middle School and Cactus Wren that they said are harming students’ learning and driving teachers away. "The district is solely responsible for the safety on our school campuses, period," said Lori Thompson, a Palo Verde staff member, summarizing concerns about assaults on staff, inconsistent administrative coverage and what she called insufficient processing of referrals.
The comments were part of a wider set of public remarks about working conditions. "We are failing…
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