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Board presses GCPS on equity gaps: summer-school access, transportation and trailers
Summary
Board members used the FY27 budget discussion to highlight equity concerns: gaps in summer-school access for some high school students, transportation limitations limiting credit recovery and extracurricular participation, and the need to prioritize removal of classroom trailers in several schools.
Board members used the FY27 budget presentation to press district staff on equity gaps that board members said persist even amid a balanced budget proposal.
Members raised specific student-facing issues: inability of some students to afford summer school or the transportation needed to attend, limited after-school transportation that constrains credit recovery and extracurricular participation, and continued reliance on temporary trailers that reduce capacity and, in some cases, obstruct school parking lots.
"For our K–8 students, there is no…
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