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Teachers, parents and residents urge district to prioritize staff pay and insurance amid budget squeeze
Summary
Multiple speakers used public‑comment time to describe financial strain from rising premiums, low pay and staffing losses. Teachers described personal financial hardship and urged the board to seek state funding and protect school‑level positions.
Multiple teachers and parents used Scottsdale Unified’s public‑comment period on April 14 to urge the governing board to prioritize staff pay and lower insurance costs rather than cutting school‑level positions.
Teachers described real‑world impacts. Jennifer Leebhaver, a Kiva Elementary teacher, read a colleague’s statement saying she will leave teaching because she “can no longer afford to be a teacher with a young child,” and detailed how increased insurance and childcare costs made her household finances untenable. Mark…
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