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Franklin Elementary staff outline special‑education restructuring and integration efforts
Summary
Franklin Elementary principals and special‑education teachers described Strat 2 eligibility, staffing challenges, responsive‑classroom and CPI training, paraeducator roles, a new school‑based therapist and a therapeutic classroom; teachers emphasized on‑the‑job training and transfer of skills across settings.
Franklin Elementary Principal Tim Humgren and the school’s special‑education team presented a detailed update on special‑education programming and integration during the Dec. 16 Marshalltown board meeting.
Humgren said the district has been reviewing programming in response to an increase in students with significant needs and statewide shortages of licensed Strat‑2 teachers. He summarized counts the team used when planning services: 16 students…
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