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Teachers press Mount Diablo Unified board for full medical, smaller classes and lower caseloads
Summary
Dozens of Mount Diablo Unified School District educators urged the board during public comment to restore full medical benefits, reduce class sizes and lower caseloads for nurses and counselors to improve student safety and learning.
Dozens of teachers and school staff told the Mount Diablo Unified School District Board of Education on March 19 that improving pay, benefits and staffing is essential to student learning and safety.
Educators from elementary, middle and high schools across the district packed the public-comment period to ask the board to negotiate a contract that preserves "100% medical benefits," ends combination classes and funds smaller class sizes, more counselors and more nursing coverage.
The appeals opened with Brett Haupt, who said the district has "hundreds of notes and puzzle pieces" from educators and relayed requests including "Students thrive when counselors and nurses have manageable…
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