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Teachers urge county to prioritize education funding; council told to support state wage and class-size bills
Summary
Educators asked Dorchester County Council to prioritize public education in the upcoming budget, citing growing class sizes, loss of staff and stagnant pay; multiple speakers asked the council to consider letters of support for state bills affecting education support professionals and class-size bargaining.
Several educators and residents addressed the Dorchester County Council during public comment, asking the county to make education a top budget priority and to support state measures they said would help retain support staff.
Melissa Ray, who identified herself as president of Dorchester Educators, told the council teachers and support staff are stretched thin by growing class sizes and rising workloads and said "invest…
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