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Teachers, parents and unions plead with Antioch board to spare reading teachers and wellness staff amid cuts
Summary
Students, teachers and union leaders urged the board to protect classroom positions, reading intervention teachers and wellness rooms as the district narrows options to address a multi‑million dollar deficit. Speakers warned cuts will harm vulnerable students and urged transparency and alternatives.
Dozens of teachers, paraeducators, parents and union leaders told the Antioch Unified School District board that proposed staffing reductions will damage services students rely on, particularly reading intervention teachers, wellness rooms and paraeducators.
Rob Carson, president of the Antioch Education Association, urged the board to keep cuts “as far away from our students and our schools as possible,” saying members see classroom jobs as ‘‘not hard cuts’’ and…
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