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Teachers urge Murrieta Valley board to restore IEP planning time and address special-education staffing
Summary
Several special-education teachers told the board they are stretched beyond capacity, asking for a restored dedicated IEP period and more staffing and supports; district leaders acknowledged concerns and offered to follow up with site-level meetings and further discussion.
Two long-serving special-education staff urged the Murrieta Valley Unified Board to address what they described as unsustainable workloads and missing protected time for Individualized Education Program (IEP) work.
Cheryl McNally, an RSP special-education teacher of 24 years, told the board that a district-designated IEP period that previously existed was removed this year "without any explanation." She gave a classroom-level calculation: this semester she held 31 IEP meetings and tested 10…
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