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District seeks contracted bilingual speech-language pathologist and two nurses; staff explain staffing choices
Summary
District officials told the DeKalb CUSD 428 board they plan to contract for a bilingual speech-language pathologist at a proposed cost of $178,200 and seek to hire two registered nurses to provide one-to-one nursing for students with medical needs.
DeKalb CUSD 428 administrators reported to the board that the district will continue using contractual staffing for hard-to-fill positions and requested authority to add nursing support for two students.
Assistant Director of Student Services Dr. Lisa Becker told trustees the district seeks two additional registered nurses to provide one-to-one nursing for two students — one recently moved into the district and one with a new diagnosis. Becker said those nurses must be present for the students for the full school day (including lunch and recess) and that, when assigned students are…
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