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Committee debates staffing trade-offs: paraprofessionals, literacy specialist and community schools managers
Summary
Members argued over cuts to paraprofessionals and tutors, a motion placed a literacy specialist into suspense, and some schools opted to add community schools managers; staff said many choices were school-level decisions reflected in the budget book re‑rollup.
The budget hearing turned repeatedly to staffing trade-offs as committee members questioned central-office cuts and school-level choices.
Several members said cuts to paraprofessionals, tutors and bilingual family liaisons would harm classroom supports. "Those positions will have a negative effect on thousands of students," one member said of…
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