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Davidson County schools approve contracted special-education staffing, parents press for better inclusion
Summary
Following public comments from parents and local clinicians about gaps in special-education services, the Davidson County Board of Education approved service agreements with staffing firms and an outside applied behavior analysis provider to fill exceptional children positions for the 2024–25 school year.
The Davidson County Board of Education on March 3 approved contracts to bring temporary special-education staff into classrooms while parents and local health professionals urged longer-term fixes to inclusion and special-education services.
Board members voted to approve a service agreement with Emergis Healthcare Staffing Inc. to recruit and place an exceptional children (EC) classroom teacher for extended-content standards programs and a part-time speech-language pathologist serving two schools. Superintendent Dr. Slate and staff said the district will pay for those contract services using Medicaid funds and set a not-to-exceed cap of $78,000 for the remainder of the 2024–25 school year. Board members separately approved a Soliant Health LLC agreement for an EC teacher at West Davidson High School, capped at $37,000 and likewise funded by…
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