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Alachua County teachers are experiencing a chaotic start to the school year due to multiple new district initiatives.
Educators report working unpaid overtime as new training requirements cut into their contractual planning time.
The district defends the new strategies, stating they are research-based practices intended to raise student achievement.
Teachers in Alachua County have had a chaotic start to the school year as they struggle to meet the demands of their workday while taking on new initiatives from the district.
They have voiced their concerns to the district about having to work overtime to keep up.The district implemented several new initiatives in Alachua County Public Schools this year, including a new instruction model, a new math curriculum, new cla

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