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Educators, unions and parents urge SFUSD board to reject proposed $26 million in cuts and layoffs

Board of Education of the San Francisco Unified School District · February 25, 2020
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Dozens of teachers, union leaders, parents and students told the San Francisco Unified School District board that proposed $26 million in budget cuts and layoffs would disproportionately harm school-site supports — counselors, nurses, paraeducators and special‑education services — and urged the board to vote ‘no’ on reductions on March 10.

Dozens of educators, union representatives, parents and students addressed the San Francisco Unified School District board on Feb. 25, imploring trustees to reject proposed budget cuts and layoffs that speakers said would strip essential services from vulnerable students.

Grace Digginson, a second‑year teacher at Aptos Middle School, said the district’s proposed reductions “are not only gonna have real life consequences for all schools, but especially our school,” describing understaffed counseling centers and teachers working multiple roles to fill gaps. “I ask you on March 10 that you vote…

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