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Committee restores and adds special-education supports: motions to return floater paraprofessionals and add inclusion teachers pass
Summary
After presentations from the district special-education director and school principals, the committee voted to restore two floater paraprofessionals at Spencer Borden, move two floater paras into district special-education pools, and add two inclusion teachers at Henry Lord.
The Fall River School Committee on Thursday approved several personnel changes aimed at supporting substantially separate and inclusion programs in the district.
Assistant Superintendent for Special Education Miss Obenchain and school leaders told the committee that needs are growing in programs that serve students with autism spectrum disorder and other intensive special-education needs. Officials described several pressures: high caseloads for inclusion teachers, substantially separate classrooms with medically fragile students, and the practical necessity that paraprofessionals sometimes fill in as the district cannot recruit certified…
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