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Chancellor Samuels visits District 28, highlights safety, inclusion and test-score gains
Summary
Chancellor Kumar Samuels visited CEC District 28 to outline priorities — school safety, academic rigor, integration and support for vulnerable students — and to share district-level achievement and budget figures, while answering resident questions on multiple DOE topics.
Chancellor Kumar H. Samuels visited a District 28 town hall at MS 217 and told families the Department of Education's top priorities are safety, academic rigor, meaningful integration and supports for vulnerable students.
"I believe our schools should be safe," Samuels said, adding that safety includes both physical protection and "a sense of belonging and student voice." He outlined work on multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) and described efforts to expand…
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