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Public commenters press MCPS on paraeducator training, Carver building health, payroll and program relocations
Summary
During the Sept. 4 public-comment period speakers urged the Montgomery County Board of Education to fund paid paraeducator training, remediate mold and air-quality problems at the Carver Education Services Center, fix payroll errors affecting support staff, and provide a permanent plan for relocating the Blair Ewing program to Northlake.
Seven people spoke during the board’s public-comment period on Sept. 4, raising a cluster of personnel, facilities and program concerns for Montgomery County Public Schools.
Student Asha Telbergata, a senior at Walt Whitman High School, urged the district to invest in paid, structured training for paraeducators who work in self-contained special education classrooms. "Paraeducators who work in self contained special education programs are some of the most selfless and caring individuals you could ever meet," she said, and told the board that new hires "often don't know how to react when a student goes into crisis mode" without targeted training.
Central services leaders described what they called unsafe working conditions at the Carver Education Services Center. Christine Handy said staff report…
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