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Teacher asks to rescind retirement as board confronts paraprofessional vacancies and job changes

Hazleton Area School District Board of Education · November 25, 2025
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Summary

During public comment a teacher asked to rescind her retirement and continue teaching; earlier in the meeting board members flagged roughly 20 paraprofessional vacancies and discussed a new job description for Matthew Chapman intended to absorb outsourced duties and produce savings.

A Hazleton Area School District teacher, identified in the transcript as Miss O'Brien (Business Education and Technology), addressed the board during non-agenda public comment to ask that the district rescind her retirement. "I would like to stay," Miss O'Brien said, adding she would be honored to continue teaching for the district.

Earlier in the meeting board members…

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