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Teachers and parents urge board to spare Title I and specialist roles as RIFs loom
Summary
In hearings across several nights, teachers, parents and students described classroom gains, social‑emotional support and community ties and warned that eliminating Title I positions and reassigning veteran teachers would harm student outcomes and school programs such as band and choir.
Dozens of teachers, parents and students addressed the Randolph County Board of Education over multiple hearings to press for alternatives to recommended reductions in force and transfers.
Second-grade teacher Jeanie Hughes told trustees she has spent 12 years at Jennings Randolph Elementary and asked the board to preserve continuity for children who benefit from stable classroom relationships. "I remain committed to upholding the values of excellence, integrity and innovation in education," Hughes said in her opening remarks.
Witnesses tied many of the proposed moves to the county’s plan to reduce or reassign Title I staff. A parent who testified during Hughes’s hearing said…
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