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William Penn SD: special education hiring progress and oversight of contracted staff addressed after parent complaints
Summary
Dr. Harris told the Education Committee that the district has extended an offer for a school psychologist, is onboarding speech-language pathologists and contracted-certified special education teachers, and is supervising contractor staff through principals and central-office special education supervisors.
Dr. Harris, the district student services lead, told the Education Committee on Nov. 12 that the district is actively recruiting to fill special education teacher and support vacancies and is using a mix of internal hires and contracted certified staff to meet needs.
Dr. Harris said one offer for a school psychologist has been extended and the candidateis expected to respond by the end of the coming week. For speech-language pathologists he said the district received an internal applicant who is being screened, has onboarded at least one contracted SLP, and has two more contracted candidates in screening. He added that so far three internal William Penn applicants…
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