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Parents and counselors urge Accomack County school board to reverse special‑education moves and revisit counselor pay
Summary
Multiple parents, teachers and mental‑health counselors told the Accomack County School Board that planned reassignments of special‑education teachers and recent pay‑scale changes threaten students’ progress and staff retention; the board later approved personnel actions after a closed session, and public speakers asked for written justifications and a review of classifications.
Multiple parents, teachers and mental‑health counselors used the public‑comment period at the Accomack County School Board’s June 17 meeting to press the board to reconsider recent special‑education staffing decisions and to revisit compensation changes affecting student‑support staff.
"Our students matter. Our students are valued," said Colby Burford, a kindergarten teacher at Chincoteague Elementary School, who told the board a decision to reassign special‑education staff would create "yet another area of inconsistency" for students who need continuity. Parent Tony Brady urged the board to keep his daughter's current teacher in…
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