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"provider_name": "Action Network",
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"author_name": "Jeffco Education Support Professionals Association",
"author_url": "https://actionnetwork.org/groups/jefferson-county-education-support-professionals-association",
"title": "JESPA's Budget Platform - Students Deserve More, not Less",
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"description": "We need to use our voice to make sure our school board members have heard us. JESPA is 4,000 Education Support Professionals. We are public-school frontline workers, and we are most likely to live in the neighborhoods where we work. We are likely to have children or grandchildren in school, and we are active community members. We as Education Support Professionals agree: Jeffco students deserve MORE, not Less. As JESPA, we prioritize supports for the WHOLE CHILD. We work to keep students safe, healthy, engaged, supported, and challenged! Jeffco students deserve: 1. To be supported: We need more staff to provide mental health supports, restorative practices, and other positive behavior supports. We need a welcoming and inclusive school environments and a focus on equity. We need a focus on family outreach and community engagement. 2. To be healthy and safe: We need more custodians to sanitize buildings and more bus drivers to get students to school safely. We also need more mental health supports, better quality food, and more time to eat and take recess. 3. To be engaged and challenged: We need lower class sizes and classroom supports such paraprofessionals and paraeducators to support learning. We need more teachers and increased options such as career and technical education.",
"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/letters/jespas-budget-platform-students-deserve-more-not-less"
}