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Board reviews contract to fill school-psychologist gaps, adds counseling partner and reintroduces English 12
Summary
Board heard that the district is short two school psychologists and will bring a vetted client-services contract for school-psychology evaluations next month; it also agreed to add Paris Counseling to expand group therapy and discussed reintroducing English 12 to the master schedule with family notification for assigned novels.
Administrators told the board the district is experiencing shortages in special-education staffing — specifically school psychologists and related providers — and proposed a client-services agreement with an outside company to provide school-psychology evaluations and meeting support.
“I have shared ... there is a shortage of special education staff, SLPs, school psychologists,” the presenter said, noting the vendor’s pricing model is transparent and…
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