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Resident urges against teacher cuts as board weighs staffing, compensation and millage comparisons
Summary
A public commenter defended district teacher pay and warned that cutting more classroom positions would hurt students; board members discussed local millage comparisons, total cost of employment and whether to seek a PDE special-education exception.
Public commenter (S7) used the meeting’s public-comment period to defend district teachers and press the board to avoid additional staff cuts, saying Kutztown-area teachers deserve respect and support. "The idea that teachers are wealthy or taking too much is simply not grounded in reality," the commenter said, and then cited local starting and step salaries the district currently uses as context for the budget choices.
Why it matters: the district presentation showed personnel as…
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