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Clayton board approves partnership agreement with Special School District to deliver special education services
Summary
The board unanimously approved a renewed partnership agreement with Special School District. Presenters said SSD provides staffing and several services for 271 Clayton students; the agreement sets goals on transitions, shared instructional resources, data alignment and family engagement.
The Clayton School District board voted Wednesday to approve a partnership agreement with Special School District that frames how the two districts deliver special education services and coordinate staffing, assessments and family engagement.
Board member Chris moved approval; another board member seconded, and the motion passed by voice vote. “I move that we approve the special school district partnership agreement,” the motion said; the board chair called the motion passed with all members voting aye.
District and Special School District staff said the partner-district model assigns staffing, evaluation and compliance oversight to Special School District while Clayton provides curriculum, assessments, building operations and family engagement. Presenters said 271 Clayton students receive services through the partnership, with the largest categories identified as other health impaired, learning disabilities and autism.
Presenters described last school year’s accomplishments under the agreement: training staff on the Charting the LifeCourse process for transition IEP meetings, aligning placement classes’ curricula and piloting data sharing to keep all student benchmark data in Clayton's EduCLIMBER system. The presenters said SSD added staff where student need increased last year, including a part-time social worker, and that some staff “travel” between campuses to follow students’ needs.
The agreement also sets goals for the coming year, including increasing parent and family participation in survey feedback, unifying progress measures for students in specialized programs, expanding two-way family communication and coordinating postsecondary-transition supports. Presenters noted a project to collect common measures for students in essential-skills and alternative-placement classes to allow comparable data-driven planning across districts.
Board members praised the collaborative work, saying the agreement represented a strong partnership that has evolved and improved. Superintendent Patel thanked SSD staff and parent leaders for participation and said the districts will continue to refine benchmarks with parents and principals.
The board adopted the agreement in a single roll-call action; presenters said the agreement will now guide joint work on staffing, curriculum alignment and shared professional development.
