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Parents and teachers urge board to reverse involuntary reassignments, defend speech and debate program
Summary
Multiple parents, students and teachers used public comment May 21 to urge Bandon SD 54 to reconsider involuntary teacher reassignments, oppose moving speech and debate to extracurricular status, and press for clearer communication and stronger teacher pay.
Several parents, students and district employees used the public-comment period May 21 to urge Bandon SD 54’s board to reverse involuntary teacher reassignments, preserve the high-school speech and debate class, and address teacher compensation.
A public commenter said the administration’s plan to transfer the speech and debate teacher to the middle school and convert the high-school class to an after-school extracurricular would “be the ultimate end of this program,” warning it would reduce student participation, scholarship opportunities and the program’s ability…
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