Parent and sixth‑grader tell Decatur board classrooms often lack instruction amid staffing shortages
During public participation a sixth‑grade student and a parent described classrooms repeatedly without a teacher, missing lessons and unentered grades for the quarter; the board heard the complaint immediately before an HR report on vacancies and recruitment strategies.
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During public participation at the April 22 Decatur Public Schools board meeting, sixth‑grader Lainie Steele and parent Abby Steele described daily classroom instability and long stretches without instruction in a fourth‑grade classroom.
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