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Teacher raises concerns about cuts to special-education instructional classes; district outlines audit-driven implementation steps
Summary
A special-education teacher warned the board that proposed changes could shrink the district's continuum of services. District special-education staff described multi-pronged audit implementation work, and the board approved a 12‑month administrative contract for a director of special education.
A Belvidere CUSD 100 special-education teacher told the board April 21 that removing "instructional" science and social studies classes at middle school would narrow the district’s continuum of special-education services and that the decision was made without consultation with classroom teachers.
Jen Hunter, identified as a teacher and special-education team leader at Belvoir Central Middle School, said her team learned in February about a plan to remove small-group instructional science and social studies in sixth grade for the 2025–26 school year and to phase out those classes in subsequent years. Hunter said the change would remove a level of support for students with severe learning or intellectual disabilities and…
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