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Parent and sixth‑grader tell Decatur board classrooms often lack instruction amid staffing shortages
Summary
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.
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.
Lainie (speaker 18) walked the board through her typical school day, saying she often doesn’t know which classroom she will be in and that on some days she receives no new lessons. She said grades for the quarter had not…
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