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Teachers, librarians and parents urge New Haven board to spare arts and library staff amid proposed cuts
Summary
Dozens of teachers, librarians, parents and union leaders told the board that proposed layoffs would harm students, urging the board and state to preserve arts, music and library media positions and press for increased state funding.
Dozens of teachers, librarians, parents and union representatives pressed the New Haven Board of Education on April 28 to protect student-facing staff after the superintendent outlined potential budget cuts.
"Librarians aren't extras. We aren't luxuries. We are teachers," Kim Rogers, lead librarian for New Haven Public Schools, told the board as multiple speakers described libraries and arts programs as essential to literacy and…
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