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Board approves Parents as Teachers contract, updates handbooks and substitute pay
Summary
The Hiawatha board approved continuing a Parents as Teachers early‑intervention contract (cost reported in discussion as $27,000) and adopted updates to district, classified and substitute handbooks including a substitute pay increase from $130 to $140 per day.
The Hiawatha USD board approved continuation of the Parents as Teachers early‑intervention program and adopted updates to multiple district handbooks during its August session.
Speaker 3 presented the Parents as Teachers materials, explained that the district contracts with Keystone (a consortium in Topeka) to provide the service and said the program serves pre‑K families…
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