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Pembroke school leaders ask for more special-education and counseling staff as needs rise
Summary
Middle- and high-school leaders told the School Committee that special-education and social-emotional needs are increasing even as enrollment declines, and requested new paraprofessionals, behavioral staff and counseling positions in next year’s budget.
The Pembroke School Committee heard detailed budget presentations from middle- and high-school leaders on superintendent's report items that emphasized special-education staffing and counseling supports.
School leaders told the committee they are seeing rising special-education and social-emotional needs even while overall enrollment trends decline, and asked the committee to consider adding paraprofessionals, behavioral specialists and counseling leadership in the fiscal 2026 budget.
Donna, who presented the Pembroke Community Middle School budget, said enrollment trends show a modest decline over recent years but that special-education needs and social-emotional concerns are growing. "This year we got $24,000," Donna said of a multi-year CAP initiative grant she described; she said earlier seed and implementation grants had…
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