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Instructor alleges removal from Hayward Career Center barbering program; students and community urge board intervention
Summary
Abdullah Mostafa told the Richland 1 board he was removed from the Hayward Career Center barbering program after reporting program failures, and students and a community barber urged the board to investigate and restore oversight.
Abdullah Sahin Mostafa, a barbering instructor at Hayward Career Center, told the Richland 1 Board of School Commissioners on Dec. 9 that he was removed from the program on Sept. 8 after raising concerns about instructional quality and students’ ability to meet required training hours.
"My key was taken, and I was told not to enter the classroom," Mostafa said during the board’s public participation period, arguing that he followed protocol and put students first. He said many students have not earned the required hours and several graduates had not completed basic live haircuts, which he described as "alarming and…
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