Long Beach Unified is poised to wipe out more than 40 staff members who helped families, particularly Spanish-speaking parents, navigate elementary and middle schools. The planned cuts have parents and advocates warning that the move could widen gaps for students learning English and make it tougher for families to enroll children and tap into basic services.
The district is eliminating 42 liaison positions, known as Parent Community Facilitators, who ran workshops, translated for families and advocated for students. The jobs were created in the 2022–23 school year using one-time Title I carryover funds, as reported by the Long Beach Post. Spanish-speaking families packed a recent school board meeting to warn that losing those staffers would directly affect their…..