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Lakeland weighs hiring in-house SLPs to reduce expensive contracted services
Summary
Administrators reported two in-district speech-language pathologists (SLPs) were recruited to replace portions of contract services; district leaders said hiring could reduce contract costs but exact savings and net impacts require clearer line-item figures.
Lakeland District administrators discussed plans to hire two in-district speech-language pathologists (SLPs) to reduce reliance on contract providers and to retain experienced clinicians who were being paid more elsewhere.
Kelsey Badger, federal programs director, said the district currently uses multiple contracted SLP vendors that together cost the district its highest monthly contracted-services payment when school is in session. Badger said hiring two…
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