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Parents, students and teachers urge Ventura Unified to reverse librarian and classified staff cuts
Summary
During public comment, dozens of students, teachers and parents pleaded with the board to reverse proposed cuts to elementary librarians and classified positions (including a 50% reduction to an ASB bookkeeper at Foothill), citing heavy class sizes and loss of critical student supports.
Dozens of students, parents and district employees used public comment time April 8 to urge the Ventura Unified Board of Education to reverse proposed classified staffing reductions that commenters said would gut site-level supports.
Fourth-grader Bailey Lopez Rojas told the board she wants the district to keep elementary librarians: “Librarians do more than help people find books — they encourage people to read,” she said. Bailey said librarians run programs such as the school newspaper and kindness programs and warned that cuts would harm students’…
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