The superintendent says they looked at downsizing teachers, since many have small classes of 10 children, but the school board voted against it. Now, its student program that may be in jeopardy.
:"What's the plan?""The plan initially was to do a reduction in force. What we did initially was to have an equity audit. We found that we had a significant number of teachers that had a small number of students at the high school and middle school level. The plan was to reduce teachers. The board voted not to reduce teachers 3-2... That failed and now we have look at other strategies.
"Twenty percent of our students overall in English, language arts are proficient. That means that 80 percent are not. Then looking at mathematics, especially with African American students and Latinx students is even more dismal. Ten percent are proficient. Which means 90 percent are not," said Superintendent Hurst.
"However, I am not waiting for Sacramento to solve our fiscal issues. In my short time on the board, I have: Approved a Director of Student Recruitment and Retention position to work on student attendance and enrollment issues, which will in turn, increase the amount of money that comes to this district.
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