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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,112 posts)
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 09:37 PM Jun 2020

Tacoma 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 haven’t 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 shouldn’t be trying to balance their budget on the back of basic education.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/tacoma-schools-to-lay-off-reduce-hours-for-hundreds-of-paraeducators-next-school-year/ar-BB14ZqBz?ocid=hplocalnews

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Tacoma schools to lay off, reduce hours for hundreds of paraeducators next school year (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2020 OP
It's happening all over. I just got the call yesterday. GreenPartyVoter Jun 2020 #1
So sorry to hear that. I hope the state coughs up iemitsu Jun 2020 #3
I am sorry, my kids have been out of school for a while bottomofthehill Jun 2020 #2
Here in the Clark County District, Wellstone ruled Jun 2020 #4

iemitsu

(3,888 posts)
3. So sorry to hear that. I hope the state coughs up
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 10:04 PM
Jun 2020

money to support para-educators. They are a vital part of every school.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
4. Here in the Clark County District,
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 10:19 PM
Jun 2020

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.

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