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Board approves short-term extra hours for ESE teachers at one elementary school after debate over equity and staffing
Summary
Taylor County School Board approved a request to pay short-term extra hours for four special-education (ESE) teachers at a single elementary school despite questions from board members about consistency across the district and staffing allocations.
The Taylor County School Board on Feb. (date not specified) approved a request to pay short-term extra hours for four ESE teachers at one elementary school after a heated discussion about staffing equity and budget priorities.
Board Member Deidra Donnell pressed administrators for detail before the vote, saying she had repeatedly raised concerns about recurring extra-hours requests since the 2023–24 school term and asking why this school’s approach differed from other schools in the district. “I asked what other solutions could have been in place. I just don’t want nothing being done here, and then I got other staff at other schools saying, ‘hey, I’m making it, but I’m not getting extra hours,’” Donnell said.
District staff said the extra hours were requested because two resource teachers had been moved back into full-time classroom roles to meet enrollment and coverage needs, leaving…
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