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Student support seeks contract renewals with evaluation vendors as district addresses backlog and staffing shortfalls
Summary
The student support services committee recommended renewing professional services agreements with two contracted evaluators (Crush Evaluations and Pear Inc.) after high referral volumes and a backlog in psychoeducational evaluations; staff also outlined hiring plans to increase in‑house psychologists and educational diagnosticians.
Cumberland County Schools’ student support services committee recommended renewing professional services agreements with two contracted evaluation agencies — Crush Evaluations and Pear Inc. — to help reduce a backlog of psychoeducational assessments while the district hires additional in‑house staff.
Staff said the two vendors worked with the district the prior year: Crush completed 149 evaluations at a cost of $109,901 and Pear completed 146 evaluations at $115,300 for the previous year.…
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