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Teachers press New Haven board for higher pay, affordable health care and special-education caseload limits
Summary
More than 40 teachers, parents and students used a 60-minute public comment period to urge the New Haven Board of Education to adopt the state partnership health plan, improve salaries and cap special-education caseloads to address staffing shortages and compliance risk.
Hundreds of residents packed public comment at the New Haven Board of Education's Dec. 8 meeting to press the board for a contract that improves teacher pay, provides more affordable health insurance and sets caseload limits for special-education staff.
Charles O'Donnell, a teacher at Wilbur Cross High School, said his real income has fallen roughly $2,000 since 2019 after inflation and criticized what he described as "skewed spending priorities," including unused technology in central office while schools lack basic repairs. "How can you ask us to continue to sacrifice when...it appears you are not participating in the same scarcity?" he said.
Speakers representing the New Haven Federation of Teachers and classroom staff…
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