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Teachers tell board technology gaps and lack of supports are hurting classrooms
Summary
Several district employees testified during public comment that classroom technology (smart boards, teacher computers, color printing) has been delayed or restricted and that inadequate tiered behavioral and social‑emotional supports are causing safety and instructional disruptions in early grades.
Several Antioch Unified teachers used the public comment period on Thursday to press the board for more classroom supports and to describe day‑to‑day safety and instruction challenges.
Amanda Freitas, a kindergarten teacher at Fremont Elementary, said site‑level requests for smart boards have not been fulfilled, district‑issued teacher computers are slow, and the district recently blocked use of teachers’ personal laptops in classrooms. "Our teacher computers are old. They run slow," she…
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