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Parents, paraeducators and teachers urge SFUSD board to rescind layoffs and protect literacy supports
Summary
Dozens of parents, paraeducators, teachers and students pressed the San Francisco Unified School District board to rescind proposed layoff notices and to preserve paraeducator, RTIF and school‑based counseling positions, warning the cuts would harm literacy, special‑education supports and student safety.
Dozens of speakers told the San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education on Tuesday that proposed layoffs and program cuts would damage student supports and derail the district's literacy and equity goals.
Students, teachers and parents testified during the public-comment period that paraeducators, reading interventionists (RTIFs), attendance liaisons and school nurses provide irreplaceable day-to-day supports. "We need our paraeducators," said the paraeducator representative speaking as part of a union delegation (Speaker 51). "This layoff just isn't a budget decision; it's a betrayal."
The most frequent demands were to rescind preliminary layoff notices for R-30/35 paraeducator classifications and to retain centrally funded roles such as the LGBTQ student-services coordinator. Kenna Hazelwood, the district's LGBTQ student-services coordinator,…
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