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Teachers, counselors raise concerns about middle‑school block schedule, staffing and involuntary transfers
Summary
Multiple staff members and counselors spoke during public comment about the district’s new middle‑school block schedule, teacher turnover at Central Middle School, and the district’s use of policy 413r for professional staff assignments and transfers.
Several educators and school counselors used the audience‑opportunity portion of the meeting to urge the board to revisit recent changes at the middle-school level and to examine staffing and transfer practices.
Central Middle School sixth‑grade language‑arts teacher Anna Lemon told the board the shift to a block schedule “has posed daily challenges in our classrooms,” saying extended class periods that meet every other day have created gaps in learning, reduced retention and fewer opportunities for sustained teacher contact. Lemon said the change undermines “true teaming” at the middle-school level and that language‑arts instruction will split into two separate courses next year, increasing complexity for…
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