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Board approves High Desert ESD local service plan to preserve regional menu of services
Summary
The Bend‑La Pine Schools Board of Directors voted unanimously Feb. 11 to approve the High Desert Educational Service District local service plan. The plan lists a menu of shared services — from special education therapies to cybersecurity consulting — that districts may purchase as needed.
The Bend‑La Pine Schools Board of Directors on Feb. 11 voted to approve the High Desert Educational Service District (High Desert ESD) local service plan (LSP), a menu of regional services districts may purchase on an as‑needed basis.
Sarah Johnson, superintendent of the High Desert ESD, told the board the LSP is developed collaboratively by regional districts and organized around four service categories required under state legislation: administrative and support services, children with special needs, school improvement services and technology services. “Those items are decided upon by your administrative team and the money is spent on an as needed basis,” Johnson said during the presentation.
Nut graf: The LSP approval does not obligate Bend‑La Pine Schools to buy…
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