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Union and parents raise concerns about contracting, special education services and transitional-kindergarten options
Summary
Public commenters and board members pressed the district on whether services for students are being contracted out to providers such as Edgewood and Bacar, and the union and others urged the board to adopt stand-alone transitional-kindergarten classrooms rather than blended models.
Several public speakers and union representatives used the meeting's public-comment periods to press the board on outsourcing and early-childhood program design.
Kevin Kelly, introduced in the meeting as president of United Educators (SEG 883), asked whether multiple consent items would effectively contract out paraprofessional work to outside providers. "Are you essentially contracting out paraprofessional work to Edgewood?" Kelly asked, noting inconsistent evaluation requirements across related contracts and urging the board to ensure the district does not…
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