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Teachers, staff and parents urge board to reverse layoffs as meeting fills with public comment
Summary
Dozens of public commenters, including teachers, paraeducators and students, told the Ventura Unified board that recent staff cuts and proposed caps on employer healthcare will harm students; speakers repeatedly urged protecting classroom positions and questioned rising executive pay.
Dozens of teachers, paraeducators and community members urged the Ventura Unified School District Board of Education on Tuesday to reverse recent layoffs and staff reductions and to reconsider proposed changes that would shift healthcare costs onto employees.
At a public-comment session that the board limited to three minutes per speaker, educators described the latest round of job eliminations as a threat to classroom stability and student safety. Scott Collins, who identified himself as an adult-education instructor, told trustees his…
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