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Elgin ISD approves consent agenda covering special education contracts, armed school security and bond-funded athletic projects
Summary
Trustees approved multiple consent items including contracts for outsourced special-education services, ongoing armed security services, an AT&T backup internet link and Proposition A athletic facility improvements; board discussion focused on staffing shortages for specialized therapists and turnover among contracted security officers.
The Elgin ISD Board of Trustees approved a consent agenda that included annual approvals of purchases greater than $50,000, contracts for special-education contracted services, continued armed security services and bond-funded athletic facility work; the consent motion passed 6-1.
Dr. Ritter, the district superintendent, explained that the contracted special-education services cover speech-language pathologists and other therapists the district must provide under students' individualized education programs. "We don't want to have to use outside contracted services, but these are all for positions that we have posted in the school district that we keep posted pretty much year round because we would love…
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