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School City of East Chicago staff brief board on renewals for Parent Cafe partners and special-education contracts
Summary
At a June 17 work session, school staff described annual contract renewals for district community partners that operate the Parent Cafe and for special-education service vendors, emphasizing free student services, Medicaid billing support and reading interventions. No formal board vote was recorded at the work session.
School City of East Chicago staff on June 17 presented the board with contract renewal requests covering the Parent Cafe’s community partners — including Girls on the Run and a range of nonprofit service providers — and multiple special-education vendors that support IEP services, Medicaid billing and reading interventions.
Staff said the Parent Cafe partnerships provide wraparound supports to students and families at no direct charge to the district, while the special-education contracts maintain essential services such as IEP-writing assistance, sign-language interpretation, Medicaid billing and alternative-placement counseling.
Vanessa Vasquez, a Washington Elementary teacher who served as a coach for Girls on the Run, described the program’s spring season and asked the board to renew the district’s MOU. "It didn't cost them anything," Vasquez said of participating students, and she outlined program details including coaches' training, twice-weekly practices and a culminating 5K. She said each elementary team had about 10 to 12 girls and that the foundation provided shoes, shirts and…
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