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Speakers raise special‑education caseload and service concerns as board considers CESA 9 contract
Summary
Parents and teachers raised specific special‑education staffing and service concerns during public comment; the board approved a $583,359 CESA 9 contract but commenters questioned whether it will cover speech, occupational and psychological caseloads.
Parents, teachers and public commenters raised specific concerns about special‑education staffing, missed therapy minutes and heavy caseloads during public comment at the Unified School District of Antigo board meeting. The board later approved a $583,359 contract with CESA 9 (Cooperative Educational Service Agency) for 2025‑26.
Megan Murphy, who reviewed last year’s contract, urged the board to scrutinize the CESA 9 proposal for special‑education services. She said the district previously had seven speech‑language pathologists and now has “1 remaining within the district with only 3 coming from CESA 9 as proposed for next year,”…
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