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Board approves consent agenda as staff reductions draw public pleas to reconsider
Summary
The Wood‑Ridge Board of Education approved a broad consent agenda including personnel actions while facing public comments and teacher pleas over planned reductions of 11 paraprofessionals, one teacher and two lunch aides that the superintendent said were needed to finalize the budget.
The Wood‑Ridge Board of Education approved a multi-item consent agenda on motions from the floor while public commenters and teachers asked the board to reconsider planned staff reductions that administration said were necessary to finalize the district budget.
Superintendent Mister Alvaro told trustees the district will take action that “will result in the reduction of force of 11 part‑time paraprofessionals, 1 teacher, and 2 lunch aids” to complete a budget the district submitted to the state. He said he had met with affected staff and “we will do everything we can to bring them back before the next school year begins.”
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