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Beacon Center staff and Chinatown community urge board to clarify DCYF contract termination
Summary
Several Chinatown Beacon Center staff and parents told the board that DCYF terminated Community Educational Services' Beacon contract, resulting in layoffs and uncertainty about the Beacon Center at Gordon J. Lau Elementary; speakers urged the superintendent to follow up and secure continued services in Chinatown.
Speakers representing the Chinatown Beacon Center and community appealed to the board during public comment on Sept. 9 to investigate and act after the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families (DCYF) pulled funding from Community Educational Services (CES).
Deborah Lee, associate director for the Chinatown Beacon Center, said she received a layoff notice Aug. 14 after DCYF terminated the Beacon contract with CES. Lee…
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