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Torrance Unified learning center teacher tells board heavy caseloads forced grievance and medical leave
Summary
A learning center teacher told trustees she began the year above her contract caseload (28 vs. the 25 contracted maximum), rose to 38 students, filed a grievance, and is now on stress leave; district agreed to hire an additional full‑time equivalent but has been unable to fill the vacancy midyear, she said.
A Torrance Unified learning center teacher told the school board that sustained understaffing and high caseloads for students with individualized education programs pushed her to file a grievance and ultimately to take stress leave.
Katie Basilios, who identified herself as a learning center teacher at Arnold Elementary, said her contract specifies a maximum caseload of 25 students but that she began the school year with 28 and at times reached 38. She said attempts to get help from administration did not resolve the workload and that she was advised to run concurrent groups—an approach she said would shortchange students…
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