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Parents and staff press LAUSD committee on PSW/ERIC role changes, budget priorities and Virtual Academy graduations
Summary
Public commenters and employees urged the district to report on outsourcing and cuts to psychiatric social workers (PSWs)/ERIC roles, asked for more special‑ed funding and accountability, and multiple Virtual Academy students and parents demanded independent graduation ceremonies.
Several members of the public used the committee's public-comment period to press the district on staffing changes, funding and student ceremonies.
David Takofsky, a bilingual teacher and former school board member, asked the board to publicize recent state special-education funding and to push for more resources before the May budget decision. Takofsky also asked for reports on the tutoring settlement, outsourcing of psychologists and speech therapists, and whether special‑education sites are being modernized.
Clinic PSWs and school-based PSWs raised concerns about a mid‑semester decision to reassign ERIC…
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