At the audience‑opportunity portion of the Dec. 8 meeting, Sally Ditsenbach, a teacher at East Middle School, told the board that many teachers feel ignored and that district leadership should solicit and act on teacher feedback.

Ditsenbach said a recent practice of 70 contract days with 30‑minute required morning meetings on 48 of those days has reduced the time teachers have for lesson preparation, grading, parent communication and intervention planning. "My job is not to attend meetings," she said, urging administrators to trust teachers’ professional judgment when setting meeting frequency and professional‑learning schedules.

She also criticized the district’s tardy policy — which she said allows up to four tardies per class per quarter before administrative consequences — and said the district is out of compliance with state statute that requires public‑employee meet‑and‑confer sessions at least every four months; she said the district’s last such meeting was on Feb. 26 and none is scheduled for the current year.

The board thanked Ditsenbach for her comments; the meeting record shows no formal response or commitment to schedule a meet‑and‑confer during that time slot. The board’s public comment rules note that the forum is for citizens to present views and not a venue for debate.