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Teachers and special-education staff urge district action after KU audits, cite staffing and service gaps
Summary
Multiple Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools special-education staff and union leaders told the school board they are losing experienced administrators and support staff, described long service gaps and virtual-provider problems, and urged the district to adopt a concrete, tracked improvement plan in response to University of Kansas audits.
At the May 27 Kansas City, Kansas Board of Education meeting, several special-education teachers and union representatives used the public-comment period to press district leaders for clearer, enforceable fixes after two University of Kansas audits highlighted problems in the special-education cooperative.
"Things only seem to get worse every day for my school community," said Kira Martini, a speech-language pathologist with Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools, describing unsustainable workloads and the departure of building administrators she said protected students and staff. "My team has weathered the storm for the last few years because of our collective strength," Martini added, saying long-serving administrators are leaving "citing retaliatory and compromising situations inspired by administrators in our sped cooperative."
The push from staff came in a series of three-minute public comments that…
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