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Paramount Unified board approves staff reductions after heated public comments
Summary
The Paramount Unified School District board voted 3'2 to adopt Resolution 25-66 approving reductions in pupil and personnel services after more than 30 public commenters urged the board to preserve teachers, counselors and social workers and to draw down reserves instead.
The Paramount Unified School District Board of Education voted 3-2 on March 11 to approve Resolution 25-66, authorizing the reduction or discontinuance of certain pupil and personnel services. The decision followed more than an hour of public comment from parents, students, union representatives and teachers who urged the board to reject cuts to classroom and student-support staff.
Teachers Association representative Audelia Aldridge urged the board to reconsider the proposed layoffs and to use existing reserve funds as an alternative, saying, "The district is holding more than $9,800,000 above the legal minimum" and arguing the board "has the legal authority to draw down reserves to the 3% minimum" rather than make permanent cuts. Aldridge also pointed to roughly $33.3 million…
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