Parents, staff and students urge PSD action on library staffing, dyslexia screening and services for students with disabilities

Several community members used public comment at the Poudre School District board meeting on April 8 to press the district on staffing and services for students with disabilities, library staffing cuts and changes to dyslexia screening policy.

Lori Maggio Huber, K–12 district media facilitator and media specialist at Eyestone North and South, told the board she was informed last month that both of her media positions would revert to classified staffing because of budget cuts. “Balancing the school budget on the backs of the school libraries to absorb deficits is not only a hurtful idea, it is rash and short term thinking,” Maggio Huber said. She said six certified elementary media specialists had been lost at the elementary level and urged the board to re‑consider cuts affecting foundational reading supports and equity of access.

Student and…