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Parents, union and residents urge board to preserve language classes and custodial jobs; one parent threatens FOIA if assessments aren’t returned
Summary
Public commenters at the April 23 meeting urged the board to keep Mandarin and other language offerings, asked the board not to outsource custodial positions, and pressed for timely return of student assessments; administration said Mandarin was not being cut and impact bargaining on outsourcing is scheduled.
Several members of the public used the meeting's public comment period to press the board on curriculum, staffing and accountability issues.
Dave Chan, a parent and vice president of a local Asian‑Pacific Islander advocacy nonprofit, asked the board to avoid reductions to language offerings and described the academic and cultural benefits of his child's Mandarin course. "So, I just find a lot of value in this course for him because he's developed a lot of great…
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