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Cloquet board deadlocks on proposal to allow social workers to fill elementary counselor role
Summary
A 3-3 vote rejected a resolution that would have declared an elementary guidance counselor position available for recall and clarified that the district would accept either a licensed guidance counselor or a licensed school social worker for the post following an unexpected resignation.
The Cloquet Public School District board voted 3-3 on Aug. 25, rejecting a resolution that would have declared an elementary guidance counselor position available for recall and directed administration to offer the opening to employees on unrequested leave of absence (ULA), while explicitly allowing a licensed school social worker to fill the role.
Superintendent Dr. Michael Carey told the board the late resignation by an elementary counselor prompted the discussion about whether a social worker could perform the elementary-level work. Carey said elementary counselor duties and licensed school social worker duties “are very, very comparable” and that principals in the district were comfortable with the possibility of filling the vacancy…
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