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Finance committee debates use of grant dollars and consultants; district defends coaching, responsive-classroom work
Summary
Board members pressed staff for more detail on grant-funded consultants and district-funded consultants. Staff described grant restrictions, pass-throughs to nonpublic schools, and how a contract with Lindsay Lynch and responsive-classroom work was used to address disproportionality.
Board members and staff spent a significant portion of the Finance Committee meeting discussing grant-funded consultants, district consultant procurement and the goals of specific contracts such as the work with consultant Lindsay Lynch.
One board member asked for an explanation of when and why the district hires outside consultants and whether grant funds used for consultants could alternatively pay for staff or other services. “I just would love an explanation of how the coaching ... is decided,” the board member said when referencing a roughly $50,000 line for individualized coaching.
Steve, staff member, explained that the contract for Lindsay Lynch has been funded through grants and what the district calls CCEIS — an early-intervention allocation used in this case to address a stated…
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