<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=011rKf_1FbDjXG300" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=011rKf_1FbDjXG300" width="800" height="450" >LEON COUNTY, Fla. -- Leon County educators are raising alarms about growing workloads, lost planning time and staffing gaps, concerns they recently sent directly to the Leon County School Board.Lyssa Oberkreser, a school library media specialist, said being stretched thin has meant taking on multiple roles at once. “I’m being asked to teach six classes a day, K through 5, as well as having to manage a school library. I am here by myself, so there’s no one else to do anything library related,” Oberkreser said.Her concerns come as 12 “persons to be heard” emails were recently submitted to the school board detailing specific issues. Educators wrote about lost planning periods, covering other classes, staffing gaps and growing workloads.Scott Mazur, president of the Leon Classroom Teachers Association, said the association is hearing similar concerns beyond those emails. “More often than not, teachers are taking on not just their regular responsibilities, but those of other people as well,” Mazur said.Oberkreser said the workload is already affecting how she runs her library. “Some classes, I have them, you know, just working or doing silent reading just so I can go around and shelve the books for them,” she said.Leon County Schools acknowledged in a statement that some teachers can feel “stretched thin,” especially when vacancies add to their responsibilities. The district added, “Our priority is to fill open positions, maintain small class sizes and work with school leaders to provide additional support to our teachers where possible.”The district said there are currently 13 unfilled teaching positions districtwide and that it is working to fill them and provide additional support where possible. Leon County Schools also said staffing needs vary by school and that one districtwide number cannot show whether every classroom has the support it needs.Mazur said staffing challenges are evident in how the district is trying to fill vacancies. “I would say that the staffing concerns are real because if Leon County Schools is looking to a program like TPG, which has the foreign educators to fill positions, you know that it’s become more difficult to fill positions,” he said.For Oberkreser, the strain has her questioning how long she can stay in the job. “Every single day, every single day, I don’t think I can—I can’t do it anymore. And so I’m seriously looking for a new job,” she said. She also said she worries other educators could reach that same point.</div></body>

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LEON COUNTY, Fla. -- Leon County educators are raising alarms about growing workloads, lost planning time and staffing gaps, concerns they recently sent directly to the Leon County School Board. Lyssa Oberkreser, a school library media specialist, said being stretched thin has meant taking on multiple roles at once. “I’m...

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LEON COUNTY, Fla. -- Leon County educators are raising alarms about growing workloads, lost planning time and staffing gaps, concerns they recently sent di

Leon County teachers raise concerns over lost planning time, extra duties

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