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ICYMI: Wantagh Teachers Union Backs Teacher After Abrupt Removal
Check out this story reported last week on Wantagh-Seaford Patch.

WANTAGH, NY — The union representing Wantagh public school teachers has decided to fight for a longtime elementary school educator who was abruptly moved following a dispute with a fellow faculty member.
After teaching for 27 years at Mandalay Elementary School, reading specialist Denise Burkhard was told to pack her things and leave just days before Thanksgiving break. As Patch previously reported, parents were furious over the sudden — and quiet — relocation. Burkhard worked closely with children who have special needs. The jarring change left many in tears, and some saw their struggles return. Furthermore, some parents said they never received a Dec. 2 letter from the principal and head of literacy and humanities alerting them a staffing change was coming mid-year to their child's reading services.
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