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Parents and students press Pawtucket School Committee on teacher shortages and personnel changes
Summary
At the April 14 meeting students from a seventh‑grade advanced team urged the committee to fill vacant math and science positions; longtime employee Melissa Lavassier disputed a move from a 12‑month to 10‑month role and asked for budgetary clarity and a plan for summer work continuity.
Students and district employees used the public‑comment portion of the Pawtucket School Committee meeting April 14 to press officials on staffing and personnel changes.
Three seventh‑grade students identified themselves and told the committee that their "blue team advanced class" has lacked a math and a science teacher for much of the year, leaving them with substitute teachers who they said were teaching lower‑grade material. The students said they risk falling behind ahead of state testing in two weeks…
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