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Paraeducators urge pay parity with behavior technicians; parents raise special-education and bilingual services concerns
Summary
Multiple members of the public used the meeting’s public comment period to press the board on special-education supports, bilingual instruction and the pay and responsibilities of paraeducators.
Multiple members of the public used the meeting’s public comment period to press the board on special-education supports, bilingual instruction and the pay and responsibilities of paraeducators.
Gladys Gomez, identifying herself as speaking on behalf of paraeducators, said paraeducators and behavior technicians “share the same job qualifications” but that paraeducators regularly supervise entire classrooms of 10 or more students and perform duties beyond student-facing support—preparing materials, translating at meetings,…
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