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Public commenters urge Oyster River board to restore ELA interventionists as budget debate continues
Summary
Several residents and former educators urged the Oyster River Coop School District board to restore English language-arts tutors and interventionists, citing assessment data and warning that a failed budget vote could trigger larger staffing cuts under the default budget.
Members of the community told the Oyster River Coop School District school board on Feb. 18 that cutting ELA tutors and interventionists would harm students’ reading progress and contradict voters’ recent actions.
Retired educator Kobe Tridle, who said he taught multiple grade levels and led literacy training in New Hampshire and New York, cited district New Hampshire ELA assessment results and told the board that ‘‘25% of third graders and 28% of fourth graders’’ at some elementary schools…
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