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Parents, educators and paraeducators urge board to rescind layoff notices; speakers highlight losses at Mission and Longfellow
Summary
Dozens of public commenters—including students, family liaisons, reading specialists, paraeducators and United Educators of San Francisco—urged the SFUSD Board to rescind preliminary layoff notices for paraeducators, family liaisons and R Series staff. Speakers said cuts would remove vital mentorship, bilingual outreach and safety supports.
Public comment at the San Francisco Unified School District board meeting focused heavily on proposed budget cuts and preliminary layoff notices that would affect paraeducators, family liaisons, community liaisons, R Series staff and other site-based workers.
Multiple speakers pleaded with the board to rescind layoff notices and preserve positions that, they said, provide mentorship, bilingual outreach, attendance support, school safety and day-to-day family engagement. Speakers included classroom teachers, reading specialists, parents and students who described concrete school-level impacts.
Marty Mays, Longfellow Elementary—s parent liaison, called her…
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