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Parents and teachers urge Woodburn board to restore dedicated Russian family‑engagement contact
Summary
Multiple parents and a program coordinator told the Woodburn School District board that a position originally intended as a Russian homeschool contact has been repurposed and reduced to part time, asking the board to reinstate or convert it to full‑time to address equity and workload concerns.
At the Woodburn School District board’s November regular meeting, several parents and a Russian‑language coordinator urged the board to restore a dedicated homeschool contact role for the district’s Russian dual‑language program.
Parents and staff said the position, created in March 2023 to support Russian‑speaking families, was later shifted into a broader parent‑involvement specialist role and is now being performed part time. Lyudmila Orlik, a parent and member of the Russian program parent committee, told the board the change “defeated the…
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