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Special School District outlines reallocation of special-education staff to address inequitable staffing
Summary
Deputy Superintendent Kelly Grigsby told the Special School District Governing Council the district will reduce selected vacant positions and reallocate teachers to lower-vacancy partner districts to address inequitable distribution of special-education teachers while trying to limit impact on services.
Deputy Superintendent Kelly Grigsby told the Special School District of St. Louis County Governing Council that the district will reduce selected vacant positions and reallocate staff to address long-running inequities in special-education teacher distribution and to respond to a wider teacher shortage.
Grigsby said the district plans to reduce 101 vacant teacher positions, 60 vacant paraprofessional positions and 29 speech-language positions in fiscal year 2026 and to reallocate 36 teachers to seven partner districts that have vacancy rates above the district average. "Equity is the core value of our district," Grigsby said, and the changes aim to ensure students countywide "have a certified teacher providing them services, regardless of where they live in St. Louis County."
The nut graf: The presentation laid out the…
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