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Teachers and parents urge board to preserve elementary computer science and world‑language programs amid cuts
Summary
Multiple teachers, union leaders and parents told the board that eliminating elementary computer science or world‑language positions would dismantle years of curriculum and investment; several speakers linked early‑grade instruction to state standards and long‑term student outcomes.
Dozens of teachers, parents and union representatives used second public comment at the Cherry Hill Board meeting to plead with board members not to cut elementary computer science or world‑language positions as part of the budget response.
"A technology‑ready classroom without a technology teacher is just a room," said Jackie Woods, an elementary computer science teacher who has taught in Cherry Hill for 22 years. "You are being asked to destroy what we built together." Woods described district investments in curriculum, professional development and classroom hardware and warned that removing dedicated teachers…
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