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Teacher urges board to address 32‑student class sizes and safety after classroom assault
Summary
A 24‑year district teacher told the La Mesa‑Spring Valley board she is teaching 32 students (she said that is the Ed Code limit), described recent assaults and persistent staffing shortages, and urged concrete actions rather than apologies.
Karen Seok, a 24‑year general education teacher at Rolando Elementary, used the board's public‑comment period to describe what she called untenable classroom conditions and a recent assault by a student that left her on workers' compensation.
Seok said she currently has 32 students on her roster — "32 is the legal limit Allowed by Ed code," she said — and described a workload increase…
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