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Teachers urge APS board to rein in mandated tests and reverse PE cuts
Summary
During public forum at the April 15 Albuquerque Public Schools board meeting, dozens of teachers and staff urged the board to reconsider district mandates that they say increase workload and harm young learners — particularly the use of Amira/AI assessments — and to restore reduced elementary physical‑education staffing.
Dozens of Albuquerque Public Schools teachers used the board’s public comment period on April 15 to press trustees to reconsider district decisions they say are adding to teacher workload and harming instruction.
“Amira is expected to assess them accurately,” said Celeste Hernandez, a bilingual kindergarten teacher at Bel Air Elementary and vice president of the Albuquerque Teacher Federation, who described students being marked wrong by the program and teachers taking on time‑consuming rechecks. “Please push back on excessive testing of our…
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