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Parents and teachers urge board to preserve programs and reconsider staffing change to special-education position
Summary
Public commenters warned that rejecting transfer students and cutting programs would force large classroom-size increases and program losses; special-education staff urged the board to reconsider replacing a key public-agency representative whose expertise they said is vital to compliance.
Multiple community members addressed the board during the Nov. 10 meeting, urging the board to weigh the classroom consequences of state funding changes and local decisions.
Becky Creech, a science teacher and parent, told the board that severe funding cuts in a prior cycle led her previous district to expand teacher workloads and increase class sizes, and she warned that similar choices in West Lafayette would erode electives and risk layoffs. "The state funding cuts to…
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