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Former teacher and residents tell board they are alarmed by staff loss, safety and equity issues
Summary
Several public speakers urged the Fond du Lac School District to address teacher turnover, personnel treatment and racial equity. A former employee recounted being left alone with a violent student for over an hour and said she resigned after feeling unsupported.
At the Dec. 9 meeting of the Fond du Lac Board of Education, multiple community members urged action on staff retention, workplace conduct and student safety.
Mary Jo Lemanski, a grandparent of a second grader, said she is "alarmed" by the loss of longtime teachers and urged the board to investigate causes. She said she was concerned that recent positive school scores appeared coached and asked the board to "bring a third party investigator in to…
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