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Teachers urge board to slow curriculum rollout, address staffing and special-education gaps
Summary
Multiple teachers used public comment to tell the board the new curriculum rollout, frequent mandatory professional development, and shortages of counselors and behavior specialists are disrupting classrooms and harming students' access to services.
At the Daily City school board meeting teachers and union representatives used the public-comment period to press the district for changes they say are harming classrooms.
Kevin Owens, a TRP teacher and site union representative, said teachers’ input often feels like “a box to check” rather than an authentic consultation and urged the district to engage classroom teachers when implementing change. “We’re feeling like we’re being treated more as widgets in the machine of our school system rather than as…
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