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District credits ESE programmatic review for staffing, curriculum and student gains
Summary
District leaders said they implemented 27 of 31 programmatic-review recommendations in under three years, reorganized ESE services, added compliance coordinators and used IDEA and general funds to expand specialized programs; officials reported rising graduation and proficiency rates for students with disabilities.
Sarasota County Schools officials told the board the district accelerated a two-and-a-half-year Exceptional Student Education (ESE) programmatic review into immediate operational changes that they say are producing measurable gains for students with disabilities.
"We actually launched 27 of the 31 recommendations within that first eight months," said Missus O'Day (ESE leadership), describing a reorganization that merged student services and ESE into a Student Support Services division, created compliance coordinator positions and rewrote job descriptions to clarify roles across schools.
Dr. Hutchinson…
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