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Teacher, student tell education committee special-education supports are essential
Summary
At a Feb. 28 Education Committee meeting, a high school teacher and a senior student testified that individualized plans and federal grants are critical to students’ success, warning that cuts would shift costs to districts.
On Feb. 28, during a meeting of the Education Committee, Annie Schneider, a high school teacher at the Miski Kids School, and Alexis Glenn, a 17-year-old senior at Munoz High School, told committee members that special-education supports and funding are essential to students’ academic success and future opportunities.
Schneider described students she has taught who lacked services when they first arrived at school. She said one student who suffered serious injuries as a child “was not receiving any services” and, after staff advocated and completed testing, “we’re able to place him on an individualized education…
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