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Parents and teachers press PSD board on state funding, alleged staff misconduct and dyslexia supports
Summary
During community comment speakers urged board members to lobby against state K-12 cuts, criticized a board member's public remarks about parents, and described ongoing concerns about dyslexia support and alleged abuse on student transportation. Several speakers said they have filed formal complaints or will pursue investigations.
Multiple members of the public used the board's community-comment period to press the Poudre School District Board of Education on state funding, special-education and dyslexia supports, and to criticize a board member's remarks at a recent Colorado Association of School Boards event.
Wendy Bergman, identified in remarks as a teacher and chair of the Poudre Education Association organizing committee, urged the board and community to lobby against proposed K-12 cuts at the state level. "Imagine for a moment what $4,000 per student could do here in PSD," Bergman said, citing state adequacy studies and calling for community advocacy at the State Capitol.
Several speakers criticized comments they said Board Director Connor Duffy made at a Feb. 27 CASB event about parents who make…
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