The Grossmont Union High School District board majority voted in favor of letting teachers teach outside of their subject expertise in its first meeting of the school year.

District trustees also approved a new job description for an educational technology coordinator.

Some members of the public, though, decried these motions as only necessary due to the district eliminating the roles of teacher librarians, along with staff turnover. One parent in a banana costume with a sign reading “this board is bananas” suggested the district tech coordinator would not be as helpful as the librarians once present at each school were.

“I agree with Ms. Banana over there,” said trustee Chris Fite. He was the lone no vote during this year’s layoff decisions and said Thursday’s actions seemed to be solu

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