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Students, parents and teachers urge board to spare counselors, reading teachers and Peer Resources as budget cuts loom
Summary
More than 100 in‑person speakers criticized proposed layoffs and program cuts, with students and parents urging preservation of reading intervention teachers, counselors, Peer Resources and site‑funded class‑size reductions.
Dozens of students, parents and teachers filled the Board of Education chamber and the public comment queue to press the board to protect school staff and programs targeted for reduction in SFUSDs fiscal stabilization planning.
Students from elementary through high school described the impact of potential cuts to reading intervention teachers, counselors, nurses, school social workers and electives. Several young speakers from Dr. William L. Cobb Elementary and McKinley Elementary asked the board not to remove reading teachers who provide interventions that have…
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