25-2242 Public Comment on All Non-Agenda Items Within the Subject Matter Jurisdiction of the Community Advisory Committee -Up to 30 Minutes - Announcements - Appreciations - September 8, 2025.
I’m deeply concerned by the lack of staffing for ESN classrooms and the lack of safety occurring in Montclair’s ESN classroom. I urge the CAC urgent support resolutions to support qualified staffing for these classrooms
My name is Beza Abebe, and I am a parent in a ESN classroom at Montclair School, our ESN classroom has now entered a second year without a permanent teacher. As a result, students’ IEP services are not being provided, which violates their rights and creates serious safety and learning concerns. Families are deeply concerned about the long-term impact on their children.
We urge the CAC to issue a formal recommendation to OUSD leadership and the Board of Education, calling for ESN classrooms to be immediately staffed with qualified teachers. Students with disabilities deserve the same stability, support, and access to education as every other child.
My name is Marcus Williams and I am a father of a student in an ESN classroom with a 30 day sub. This lack of staffing is creating unsafe conditions for all children and I am asking for staffing for all families facing this challenge and that leadership make hard and strategic decisions that don’t delay students access to safety and their education. They deserve to learn not just attend a classroom that honors their legally binding IEPs.
Please accept this eComment on behalf of Montclair families and others across OUSD whose ESN classrooms have gone unstaffed. This is not a single-site issue, but a systemic failure that denies students their rights.
Children in Montclair’s ESN classroom are facing unsafe and inequitable conditions due to the lack of a teacher for the second year in a row. Families have documented safety incidents and the denial of IEP services. We ask the CAC to hold the district accountable and recommend urgent staffing of all ESN classrooms so our students are not left behind.
Heaven forbid a child is injured during anytime in a poorly supervised classroom. Put yourself in these parents’ shoes…what would you do if it was YOUR son or daughter!
My name is Meg Roberto Williams and I am speaking as a parent at Montclair. The ESN class has now entered a second school year without a permanent teacher. We have been told for weeks that onboarding of the hired teacher is “80–90% complete,” but there is still no clear start date or explanation of the holdup, even after speaking with district leadership. Some families are keeping their children home out of safety concerns. This is not just a site issue. The district determines ESN classroom placements and bears responsibility for staffing and ensuring students receive services. When vacancies stretch for months or years, students lose access to supports and their right to FAPE. I urge the CAC to make staffing accountability a core advocacy goal: require transparency on hiring timelines, establish district-level contingency plans when vacancies persist, and ensure substitutes receive direct coaching. Our students deserve safe, stable, and fully staffed classrooms.
I’m deeply concerned by the lack of staffing for ESN classrooms and the lack of safety occurring in Montclair’s ESN classroom. I urge the CAC urgent support resolutions to support qualified staffing for these classrooms
My name is Beza Abebe, and I am a parent in a ESN classroom at Montclair School, our ESN classroom has now entered a second year without a permanent teacher. As a result, students’ IEP services are not being provided, which violates their rights and creates serious safety and learning concerns. Families are deeply concerned about the long-term impact on their children.
We urge the CAC to issue a formal recommendation to OUSD leadership and the Board of Education, calling for ESN classrooms to be immediately staffed with qualified teachers. Students with disabilities deserve the same stability, support, and access to education as every other child.
My name is Marcus Williams and I am a father of a student in an ESN classroom with a 30 day sub. This lack of staffing is creating unsafe conditions for all children and I am asking for staffing for all families facing this challenge and that leadership make hard and strategic decisions that don’t delay students access to safety and their education. They deserve to learn not just attend a classroom that honors their legally binding IEPs.
Please accept this eComment on behalf of Montclair families and others across OUSD whose ESN classrooms have gone unstaffed. This is not a single-site issue, but a systemic failure that denies students their rights.
Children in Montclair’s ESN classroom are facing unsafe and inequitable conditions due to the lack of a teacher for the second year in a row. Families have documented safety incidents and the denial of IEP services. We ask the CAC to hold the district accountable and recommend urgent staffing of all ESN classrooms so our students are not left behind.
Heaven forbid a child is injured during anytime in a poorly supervised classroom. Put yourself in these parents’ shoes…what would you do if it was YOUR son or daughter!
My name is Meg Roberto Williams and I am speaking as a parent at Montclair. The ESN class has now entered a second school year without a permanent teacher. We have been told for weeks that onboarding of the hired teacher is “80–90% complete,” but there is still no clear start date or explanation of the holdup, even after speaking with district leadership. Some families are keeping their children home out of safety concerns. This is not just a site issue. The district determines ESN classroom placements and bears responsibility for staffing and ensuring students receive services. When vacancies stretch for months or years, students lose access to supports and their right to FAPE. I urge the CAC to make staffing accountability a core advocacy goal: require transparency on hiring timelines, establish district-level contingency plans when vacancies persist, and ensure substitutes receive direct coaching. Our students deserve safe, stable, and fully staffed classrooms.