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Teachers and parents urge Pacifica trustees to spare IBL assistant principals amid proposed cuts

Pacifica School District Board of Trustees · March 12, 2026
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Summary

During public comment on item 12j, teachers, parents and staff pleaded with the board to preserve assistant principal positions and counseling supports at Ingrid B. Lacey Middle School after the district listed certificated reductions; HR later said one AP FTE was removed from the reduction list and described proposed supports for IBL.

More than a dozen teachers, parents and staff told the Pacifica School District board on March 11 that proposed reductions to certificated employees would harm student safety, special-education compliance and daily operations at Ingrid B. Lacey Middle School (IBL).

"We need to keep all of our administrators and counselors to function at the bare minimum," said Margaret Twomey, a sixth-grade teacher at IBL who spoke during the public-comment period. Teachers described frequent student crises during a single school day and said administrators are the adults who handle emergency responses, IEP…

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