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Teachers and parents urge Gresham‑Barlow to revisit 1,000‑copy monthly limit, citing classroom harm
Summary
Multiple Gresham‑Barlow staff and parents told the school board the district’s 1,000‑copy per staff monthly limit is harming instruction—particularly for kindergarteners and high‑enrollment secondary classes—and asked the board to allow pooling, rollover, or repeal of the policy.
Dozens of parents and staff asked the Gresham‑Barlow School District board on Nov. 6 to rescind or change a district policy that limits each employee to 1,000 single‑sided copies per month.
"As a parent, I worry that because staff members only have a 1,000 copies a month to make copies that that's gonna affect my child's education," Crystal Slack, a parent and staff member at Gresham High School, said during the meeting’s public‑comment period. She urged the board to permit pooling or rollover of unused copies so teachers with larger classes are not left without materials.
Teachers amplified that point with…
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