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ABC Unified board authorizes notice of classified reductions after public outcry over proposed cuts to librarians and mental‑health staff
Summary
After a prolonged public comment period opposing cuts to library media and mental‑health positions, the board voted to adopt Resolution 25‑24 with an amendment reducing the number of library staff reductions and substituting one district position; the amended motion passed 6–1.
The ABC Unified School District Board of Education voted on March 10 to adopt Resolution 25‑24 to begin the process of reducing or discontinuing specified classified services for lack of work or funds, after a lengthy public comment period in which parents, teachers and district staff urged the board to preserve librarians and mental‑health professionals.
Public commenters described the practical impacts of the proposed staffing reductions. "When library hours shrink, student visits drop," said Michelle Valdivia, a library media technician at Melbourne Elementary, arguing that libraries are often the primary source of books for students. Laura Aravisu, who identified herself as…
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