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Director outlines missed‑service tracking; committee directs meeting with CPAC after transparency concerns
Summary
Director of Student Services described a district system to log missed special‑education services and a biweekly review that flags students who miss 3 consecutive or 5 total days for IEP team review. CPAC and some committee members pressed for broader data; committee asked Director Holloway to meet with CPAC to share requested information (with privacy protections).
The district’s Director of Student Services, Matt Holloway, presented a new intake and reporting process for missed special‑education services at the School Committee meeting on Feb. 12.
Holloway described how building administrators log missed services into an online form when coverage cannot be provided (noting the data captures service type: group paraeducator, 1:1 paraeducator, special‑education teacher, speech/language, etc.). A biweekly review identifies students who meet district thresholds — defined as missing services for 3 or more consecutive days or 5 or more days total in a review window — and triggers quality checks and outreach: building…
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