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Teachers and parents urge Weber board to preserve part-time seniority and clarify plans for DLI amid staffing cuts
Summary
Multiple teachers and parents used public comment to urge the board to reverse changes that freeze seniority for part‑time/job‑share teachers and to provide clearer plans for the DLI program at Uinta/UNTA, warning large class sizes and rushed staffing decisions could push families to leave the district.
At the Weber School District board meeting, a wave of public comment focused on staffing changes and uncertainty about the dual-language-immersion (DLI) program, with teachers and parents urging clearer communication and reconsideration of policies that they say disadvantage long-serving part‑time educators.
Rebecca Warrens (speaker 38), a 22‑year educator who said she works at Valley Elementary, told the board she and more than 20 other teachers are asking the district to rescind or reconsider language inserted in 2023 that freezes accrued seniority for…
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