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Teacher says Thanksgiving break floor polishing left students sitting on floors, disrupted instruction at Challenger
Summary
An 8th-grade teacher told the Glendale Elementary School District Governing Board that a planned floor-polishing project over Thanksgiving break caused classrooms to be emptied and left students sitting on the floor during the final hour and a half of a school day, disrupting instruction and creating stress for staff.
Theresa Womack, an 8th-grade teacher at Challenger, told the Glendale Elementary School District Governing Board on Dec. 12 that a floor-polishing project scheduled over the Thanksgiving break led to the removal of classroom furniture and instructional equipment and left students sitting on classroom floors for about an hour and a half, disrupting classroom instruction.
Womack said school staff had been told IT would remove computers and phones on the Tuesday before break between 2:30 and 3 p.m., and that maintenance would remove furniture while students were away. She said IT actually removed desktops and classroom phones at about 7:15 a.m. that day, and a maintenance crew…
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