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Students, alumni and parents urge Benicia Unified trustees to reconsider personnel action involving longtime coach

Benicia Unified School District Board of Trustees · November 7, 2025
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Dozens of students and community members used public comment to urge Benicia Unified trustees to reconsider a personnel action affecting a longtime teacher and coach known as "Coach T."

Dozens of students and community members spoke during the public-comment period to press the Benicia Unified School District Board of Trustees to reconsider a personnel action affecting a longtime teacher and coach known locally as “Coach T.” The remarks came during public comment on closed-session item No. 4, when the board permitted comments related to that confidential agenda item.

Several current students described direct help they said they received from Coach T during summer school and after hours. "He's so quick to respond even over summer," said Jacinto Cabalero, a Benicia High…

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