Teachers in the Connellsville Area School District are complaining they had to quickly collect their personal items this week.
Jane Sandusky, Connellsville Area Education Association (CAEA) president and a Dunbar Borough Elementary School teacher, confirmed that she had received the directive on Wednesday morning, but some teachers had not been notified until only hours before the close of school on Thursday.
“Those teachers affected by this are upset that the district would issue this directive,” she said. “It adds more pressure to an already challenging situation.”
The Dunbar school, along with South Side and Connellsville Township elementary schools, was officially closed after students were dismissed on Thursday. The three buildings are part of a district consolidation plan approved recently by the school board.
Sandusky, who will be relocated, has taught for more than 30 years, and to pack the countless books, supplies, a table and other items would prove to be a huge undertaking, especially on such short notice, she said.
“The idea of emptying out 34 years worth of personal items and instructional items that I have personally purchased over these many years, is not feasible,” she said. “As an elementary teacher, most of what we have is personal material and I would expect it would be the same at the secondary level.”
