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Sarasota board: ESSER funding sunset forced cuts to behavior specialists; members discuss mental-health and wraparound supports
Summary
Superintendent Connor said the district funded 182 positions with roughly $80,000,000 in ESSER COVID-relief dollars that have since sunset; board members and attendees warned the reduction in behavior specialists has strained classrooms and urged clearer visibility and case management for wraparound services.
At an insight community meeting, Superintendent Connor and several board members described how temporary ESSER (Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief) funding supported dozens of behavior specialists and related positions that have since ended. "It was dollars $80,000,000 that the school district had, and we have funded 182 positions using that funding," Connor said, adding that the sudden loss of those funds forced…
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