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Board hears $20 million in potential cuts; union and residents urge protecting programs and staff
Summary
Superintendent told the board the district has identified about $20 million in possible reductions affecting district office positions, intervention services, counseling, custodial and operations staff, and other programs. Union leaders and public speakers urged minimizing harm to students and preserving trained staff and LAP services.
The district’s superintendent (speaker 12) told the board the district has identified roughly $20,000,000 in potential reductions and described a range of areas that could be affected, including district-level director and supervisor positions, reductions to assistant principals and multilingual interpreter services, cuts to the Learning Assistance Program (LAP) intervention team, family and community resource center supports, operations (HVAC, grounds, custodial), counseling and prevention/intervention staff, reductions to transitional kindergarten slots (an estimated 4.9 classroom equivalent), changes to extracurricular participation fees, and potential reductions…
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