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Residents and teachers urge St. Francis board to protect libraries and add EL staff
Summary
Community speakers pressed the St. Francis Area Schools board to preserve school libraries and to hire an additional elementary English-learner teacher; administration said the personnel request has been added to a cabinet-level list for consideration.
Community members used the public-comment period at Monday—s St. Francis Area Schools board meeting to press officials to preserve school libraries and to expand support for English-learner students.
Nikki Cruzdie told the board that school libraries and skills such as cursive instruction have enduring academic value. "If something is underutilized, our obligation is to strengthen it, not erase it," Cruzdie said, adding that elected members who promote defunding or censorship "have no…
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