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Students, teachers and parents press board to spare teachers and programs amid cuts
Summary
Dozens of students, teachers and community members delivered emotional public comments urging the South Country Central School District board to preserve teachers and programs — notably French, inclusion and library services — after administration announced staffing reductions as part of a fiscal recovery plan.
Large groups of students, teachers and parents addressed the South Country Central School District Board of Education during extended public comment on March 25, pleading with trustees to avoid or reduce teacher layoffs and to preserve programs targeted for cuts.
Students described walkouts and petitions they organized to protest the proposed reductions and said the changes would remove academic opportunities and personal supports they rely on. "We are worried about losing teachers that have shaped us," said a student who identified herself as Nora, a third-grader from Brook Haven Elementary. High-school…
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