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Dorchester 02 details special‑education changes, cites disproportionate suspensions among African American students
Summary
Interim Special Services director Michelle Jacques outlined new tools and partnerships to improve inclusion, track extra‑staffing requests and reduce disproportionate long suspensions for students with disabilities; district is partnering with BASC and expanding MTSS interventions.
Michelle Jacques, interim executive director of special services for Dorchester School District Two, told the board on Sept. 22 the department has rolled out new observation tools, staffing‑request tracking and staff training intended to improve services for students with disabilities and reduce disproportionate long suspensions.
Jacques described a district quadrant system that places special‑education programs closer to students’ home schools, and said staff created a paraprofessional handbook and a set of “Look For” observation items administrators can use to assess tier‑one instruction and behavior supports. “We established a an observation tool that school administrators and…
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