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Resident urges council to restore elementary cafeteria monitors amid budget cuts
Summary
Public commenter Jamie Aso urged the city council to pass a school budget that restores elementary cafeteria monitors, arguing students and teachers rely on them and that cutting monitors would harm school supervision and teacher morale.
Jamie Aso, the first citizen to speak during the public comment period, urged the council to include funding to rehire elementary cafeteria monitors who have been given pink slips. Aso said she reviewed community budget suggestions and did not find proposals to cut monitors; she urged the council to "pass a budget of need so they can be hired back," stressing monitors' role in supervising students and supporting teacher duty-free lunch periods.
Aso read student comments in support of monitors and described their practical role: "Our cafeteria monitors are helpful, funny, and nice...They keep the students under control so we don't have food fights," she said. The comment highlighted community concern about staffing decisions in the Hampton City Schools budget; the council did not take action on the point during the recorded segments.
