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Public commenters press Carlsbad Unified on kindergarten staffing, neighborhood pickup, locker‑room policy and athletics audio
Summary
During public comment the board heard a series of concerns: a kindergarten teacher warned full‑day classrooms are understaffed and unsafe; neighbors complained of dangerous pickup traffic near Aviara Oaks; parents demanded changes to locker‑room policy citing national incidents; and multiple parents/engineers described repeated stadium audio failures.
During the meeting’s public‑comment period, multiple parents, teachers and residents raised distinct concerns for the board to address.
Dawn Ebbs, a Hope Elementary teacher, described the workload in full‑day kindergarten as unsafe and understaffed and asked the board to “stop calling this person a babysitter. She’s a kindergarten teacher and it’s me.” She said classrooms now include children with extreme behavioral needs, multilingual learners and speech delays and that the pilot model…
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