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Teachers and parents urge Cartwright board to reconsider nonrenewals of Spitani principal and assistant principal

Cartwright Elementary School District Governing Board · April 8, 2026
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Multiple teachers and parents addressed the Cartwright governing board during public comment to protest the district's decision not to renew Principal Janet Hecht and Assistant Principal Brandon West at Spitani, praising their leadership and asking the board for transparency and reconsideration.

At the Cartwright Elementary School District governing board meeting on April 8, multiple teachers and parents urged the board to reverse or explain the district's decision not to renew contracts for Principal Janet Hecht and Assistant Principal Brandon West at Spitani.

"Since learning that Spitani's administrators, Brandon West and Janet Hecht, will not be returning next year, I have felt both deep sadness and confusion," said Shelly Pierce, a kindergarten teacher at Spitani, who described both administrators as mentors…

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