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Related: About this forumTacoma schools to lay off, reduce hours for hundreds of paraeducators next school year
Tacoma Public Schools issued notices to hundreds of paraeducators on Monday they would be laid off, have reduced hours or be reassigned in the 2020-21 school year.
The announcement, made earlier this week, led some union leaders to launch a petition asking district leaders not to make the cuts.
Paraeducators said in a press release Monday that the cuts result in more than a 50 percent reduction in one-on-one support time with students and that the district was putting the right to basic education at risk.
In every Tacoma school we provide critical support to students, and these students havent gone anywhere, said Glory Tichy, president of the Tacoma Federation of Paraeducators, in a statement. It makes zero sense to me that Tacoma Public Schools has chosen to decrease so many position(s) and laid off numerous paraeducators when our students need us now more than ever. The district shouldnt be trying to balance their budget on the back of basic education.
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GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)iemitsu
(3,888 posts)money to support para-educators. They are a vital part of every school.
bottomofthehill
(8,262 posts)What is a Paraeducator.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Special Ed is going to take one hell of a cut. Do really feel the angnst of Special Needs Children's Parents. Our Social needs Services suck to say the least.