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Board pauses elementary staffing realignment and keeps copy‑technician jobs after public outcry
Summary
Facing public and trustee concern about cuts to reading, ELL and other student support specialists, the board directed staff to revert recent elementary realignment and voted to retain copy‑technician positions while staff will return in March with updated budget assumptions.
Trustees and district staff on Feb. 10 spent significant time on draft 2026–27 budget assumptions and a controversial staffing realignment that would reduce or reassign reading specialists, ELL specialists, math specialists, librarians and copy technicians.
Chief business officer Sharon Yu presented a zero‑based budget approach, projected revenue assumptions and flagged the parcel tax’s scheduled expiration in June 2027 as a material risk. Finance staff member Bahadur Singh presented worst‑case multi‑year deficit scenarios if revenue assumptions do not hold.
Educators, classified staff and parents described the operational and learning impacts of proposed cuts.…
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