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Parents and PAC spotlight special-education funds and push board to raise support-staff pay
Summary
Multiple parents and PAC representatives urged Milan Area Schools to raise pay for teachers and paraprofessionals and called attention to Washtenaw ISD special-education fund balances; PAC rep Sarah Norton summarized WISD LRE monitoring and local inclusion initiatives.
A string of parents, staff and PAC representatives at the Milan Area Schools public-comment periods urged the board to address staff pay, special-education supports and facility problems that speakers said are driving families away from the district.
Jim Russo, identifying himself as president of the Milan Education Association, described an expired collective bargaining agreement and said the union—s salary proposal is fair; he cited a county comparison that placed Milan near the bottom for teacher pay. "We deserve to be compensated fairly for the work we do," Russo said,…
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