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Parents and students urge board to restore counselors, band programs and coaches
Summary
Multiple school communities told the board that proposed cuts to counselors, coaches and music programs at Aptos, Everett and other schools would undermine student safety and recovery from the pandemic. Speakers urged reconciling the revised budget and rehiring staff before next fall.
Parents, students and educators gave the board repeated accounts of program losses they say would harm student well-being if carried out. Speakers from Aptos Middle School and Everett Middle School described the pending elimination of a grade-level counselor, two coaches, a T10 counseling position and the band program.
"Cutting a school counselor at a school with the capacity of almost a thousand students is beyond measure," said Dr. Huntley, Dean and Head Counselor at Aptos, who emphasized daily…
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