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Educators urge board to reject outsourcing as special education vacancies push district into MSDE corrective action
Summary
Prince George's County educators told the board that long-running special education staffing shortages prompted a corrective-action finding by the Maryland State Department of Education, and they urged the board to use incentives and caseload relief rather than contract outsourcing to fill vacancies.
Members of the Prince George's County Educators Association and classroom staff told the Board of Education on Sept. 25 that the district's special education vacancy trend predates the current administration and requires urgent corrective measures beyond outsourcing.
Donna Christie, speaking for the Prince George's County Educators Association, told the board that "years, not months" of leadership inaction let vacancies worsen and that the district is now under corrective action from the Maryland State…
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