![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() However, schools cannot make these new hires without sustainable funds to keep the positions in the future. Our schools need more teachers, they need more social workers, and they need more support staff. Many of the issues our students and teachers are facing in the classroom - overcrowding, lack of mental health support, learning loss, and more - boil down to one main issue: we need more personnel in our school buildings. The needs of our students across the state continue to grow and, if we do not address these budgeting issues now, we will continue to fall short on giving Connecticut students the education they need and deserve. All this does is compound the staffing issue we have been seeing in our schools for years, and therefore negatively affects our students throughout the state. This is due to the simple fact that districts cannot add money to their budgets that will likely result in layoffs in a year or two when that federal money is gone. The ESSER funds, provided to school districts during the pandemic, will end in less than two years, and with this looming, we are seeing districts like Hartford developing a budget for next year that is allotting for fewer teachers and staff members. ![]()
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