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Board told district will contract LearnWell for homebound instruction
Summary
Staff presented an agreement with LearnWell to provide certified homebound instruction after the district said it could not staff the service internally; staff emphasized the agency’s teachers will be Pennsylvania‑certified and the arrangement is intended to meet the district's legal obligations to students.
A staff member (speaker 5) told the board the district plans to contract with LearnWell to provide homebound instruction for students the district cannot staff internally. The staff member said the agency’s instructors will be Pennsylvania‑certified and that the district has an obligation to deliver homebound services.
“We’re going with an agency to be able to provide that,” the staff member said, citing difficulty in finding in‑district volunteers or staff to perform the work. The staff member explained the agency model will be less expensive than paying teachers at contracted hourly rates (the staff member referenced a teacher pay rate in the $45–$46 range) even after administrative fees.
The staff member described cases in which principals or district leaders had previously had to provide in‑home instruction and said the LearnWell contract will allow the district to meet statutory obligations without requiring administrators to make home visits.
Board members asked whether LearnWell instructors are certified; the staff member confirmed they will be PA‑certified. The transcript did not include contract dollar amounts, start dates or a vote; the item was presented as a recommendation for next‑week approval.
