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Waterbury special education director reports staffing steps, new partnerships and mental-health supports
Summary
Director Wendy Johns told the board the district is using pipelines and no-cost partnerships to fill vacancies and expand services, and outlined MTSS, AbleNet and other initiatives.
Wendy Johns, Waterbury’s director of pupil services, briefed the Board of Education on March 6 on special education staffing, service provision and district mental‑health partnerships.
Why it matters: Special education and pupil services touch students with disabilities across the district and involve compliance, grant use and contracts that affect budgets and student outcomes.
Johns said the district is addressing vacancies in special education supervisory and service roles and developing pipelines with local institutions. She described the use of a paraeducator-to-teacher pathway…
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