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Teachers and parents tell Berkeley County board district oversight is stifling instruction and risking special-education compliance
Summary
Multiple speakers at the Nov. 17 meeting accused district leadership of 'micromanaging' curriculum, restricting teacher autonomy and failing to staff special-education classrooms with certified teachers; a parent advocate cited potential noncompliance with IDEA.
Teachers, parents and advocates used the Nov. 17 public-comment period to raise coordinated concerns about curriculum control, school climate and special-education staffing.
Sarah Khalil, identifying herself as a member of the Berkeley County Education Association, said teachers feel "suffocated" by district pacing guides and by a practice of restricting classroom materials to district-approved programs (named in the transcript as i-Ready and HMH), arguing this approach "is killing morale, engagement, and learning." She said teachers have been told they are "not…
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