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Community protests non‑renewal decision as teachers, union cite staffing and morale concerns
Summary
Multiple staff, union leaders, parents and residents addressed the Wayne Township Board of Education to criticize the board’s Donaldson hearing outcome for teacher Rachel Hoffbower, express support for her, and call for a summer review of personnel processes amid broader worries about staff departures and district culture.
An extended public-comment period at the Wayne Township Board of Education’s June 12 meeting focused largely on the non‑renewal outcome in a Donaldson hearing for teacher Rachel Hoffbower and the wider impact of administrative turnover on district morale.
Rob Sardi, president of the Wayne Education Association, told the board: “This isn’t the Wayne that I know. … We are losing incredibly talented staff members,” and urged the school board, administration, PTO and staff to meet over the summer to “sit down, have those really hard conversations, and start figuring this out.”
Teachers and community members who spoke said they were heartbroken by the…
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