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North Clackamas teachers urge board to reduce workload, call for more district support
Summary
At the Jan. 15 North Clackamas School District board meeting, teachers honored as the district's featured educator described widespread exhaustion and urged administrative changes: more district substitutes, fewer nonessential meetings and reduced data/coaching burdens to preserve classroom instruction.
At the Jan. 15 board meeting, teacher Kim Christner of Kennedy Elementary introduced Sheila Sanger as the district's featured educator and used the time to frame a broader concern from elementary teachers about workloads and capacity. "We have traded the heartbeat of a classroom for a checklist that never ends," Christner said, urging leadership to "pick a lane."
Sanger, accepting the recognition, then spoke…
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