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Elementary teacher warns district plan to rotate behavior support aides every six months will hurt students
Summary
A long‑time elementary educator said rotating behavior support aides between campuses and requiring summer work will disrupt relationships with dysregulated students and weaken campus safety and supports, citing increases in challenging behaviors and calls for a consistent year‑long assignment.
Kim Ashton, an elementary educator with more than 30 years in the district, told the board that a proposed rotation of behavior support aides — moving them every six months and requiring them to work in summer — would undermine relationships with students who need consistency.
"Students who are dysregulated need consistency and stability," Ashton said. She said existing aides have built relationships that prevent escalation and that moving them would be “not what is best for anyone.” Ashton called for aides to remain at one site for a year or longer and requested clearer communication about any contract changes that would require summer work.
Board members did not immediately change policy after the comment; staff said they would take public input under advisement and that site‑level supports are being monitored across campuses.
