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Trustees press district for clarity after teachers report work-order system ‘black hole’

New Haven Unified School District Board of Education · January 14, 2026
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Trustee Kumar and others raised concerns that submitted teacher work orders show no status updates after the district transitioned systems; Superintendent Thompson said there should be a status option and committed to provide a summary and follow up with details on turnaround times.

Trustee Kumar raised a districtwide operational concern at the Jan. 13 meeting about the status and processing of teacher work orders since the district transitioned to a new system: "The work orders are put in on our new system. But ever since the transition happened, there's no status update... it just goes into a black hole," Kumar said.

Kumar described multiple…

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