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Residents press Carmichaels Area SD on program cuts, livestream privacy and layoffs
Summary
Multiple community members urged the board to preserve electives and extracurriculars, change livestreamed meeting speaker-identification practices, and reconsider recent layoffs. A former employee and long-time resident called for clearer accountability and transparency on spending and staffing decisions.
Several residents used the public-comment portion of the July 18 board meeting to press the district on program cuts, livestreamed meeting privacy and recent layoffs.
Longtime educator and parent Mister Bates told the board he was "proud to be a Mike" and warned that programs once commonplace — elementary art, library science, metal shop, woodshop, home economics and some advanced courses — are disappearing from the district. "We're losing many of the valuable opportunities for our students," Bates said, urging the board to…
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