Whitnall meeting discusses reintroducing general-education paraprofessionals and college partnerships
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Summary
Trustees discussed researching paraprofessional aides for K4 classrooms and pursuing partnerships with Carroll University, Whitewater and others to support staffing; no formal action was taken, and staff was asked to bring comparative staffing reports.
During the meeting, participants discussed reintroducing general-education paraprofessionals or dedicated K4 aides and exploring partnerships with local colleges to support staffing.
Unidentified Speaker 3 raised the idea of reviewing neighboring districts’ practices for paraprofessionals and K4 aides. Unidentified Speaker 5 said, "a k 4 teacher absolutely needs to have another adult in the classroom," and other participants who identified themselves as classroom teachers described having full-time aides in their classrooms (they referenced their own districts using the acronym MPS without further expansion in the transcript).
Unidentified Speaker 2 said the district has begun informal conversations with Carroll University and has had HR contacts with Whitewater; S2 reported having four field workers in the fall from those programs, with two staying on as student teachers. Alverno was mentioned as a previous partner. S2 offered to ask HR for staffing-comparison reports so the board can review district-level staffing before requesting action from the core 4 board.
No formal motion or vote was recorded on paraprofessionals. Board members asked staff to return comparative staffing and funding information at a future meeting so the board and the core 4 body can consider whether to re-establish a dedicated aide in K4 classrooms.