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Candidates flag unmet IEP services and vacant paraprofessional posts as staffing priorities
Summary
At the Durfee forum candidates raised special-education concerns, including a parent’s report that IEP services were delivered infrequently and an audience-cited vacancy total for paraprofessionals and teachers.
Special-education delivery and staffing shortages emerged repeatedly during the forum. A parent-candidate said her child, who has an individualized education program (IEP), had received weekly services only “about 5 to 10 times over the past 2 years,” and several candidates raised vacancies among paraprofessionals and teachers.
Randy Dudek described his daughter’s experience…
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