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Parents, teachers praise staff and warn renovation must protect academic programs
Summary
Several parents, teachers and former staff told the board they value educators and want any facilities work to preserve academic programming; speakers urged the board to consider fuller options beyond a bare‑bones renovation.
Multiple public commenters used the meeting’s public comment periods to thank teachers and to press the board to ensure that any facility plan preserves program offerings and instructional spaces.
"The amount of love and care that is being given to my child is exceptional," said Sita Sanders, a parent, who described positive experiences with special education supports and a recent 504 meeting. Other speakers, including a former district librarian, said a minimal renovation risks cutting programming and urged the board to compare the committee’s current proposal against the January plan that included a second gym and cafeteria.
Parents and staff repeatedly raised practical concerns about shared spaces, lunchtime and testing logistics, and plumbing and restroom capacity for an expanded, consolidated campus. Several commenters said they will support a measure that protects essential programs but asked the board to pursue additional middle‑ground cost scenarios and clearer communication to the public ahead of any referendum.
