Parents, students, and teachers at Phoebe Hearst Elementary in Sacramento are protesting the district’s decision to reassign longtime sixth grade teacher Jeanine Rupert. The Sacramento City Unified School District moved her after she pulled up carpet during a flea infestation, revealing asbestos tiles. Investigators found no exposure risk, but the district cited a lapse in judgment and reassigned her to another school. Families call her the “backbone” of Phoebe Hearst and are demanding her return.

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