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Lauderhill residents urge local officials to press for education resources and voice opposition to overseas military spending
Summary
Several members of the public used the Nov. 24 comment period to press the commission for more education resources and to urge local officials to protest federal military involvement overseas, saying local classrooms lack supplies.
During communications from the public at the Nov. 24 Lauderhill commission meeting, multiple residents asked elected leaders to work on education funding and urged civic statements against federal military action.
Teacher Didier Ortiz of Hollywood Hills High School told commissioners he lacked basic classroom materials and asked the city to "speak out against" national priorities that he said divert money away from schools. "I don't have enough workbooks in my classroom," Ortiz said, describing a need for…
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