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Parent urges action as board hears concerns about special education staffing at McKeesport Area SD
Summary
Christine Robinson told the McKeesport Area School District board that about 30% of students are classified as special education and described understaffing, students lacking IEPs and teachers with out-of-compliance rosters; district officials said a new special education director is due to start but staffing and recruitment remain challenges.
Christine Robinson told the McKeesport Area School District board during the public comment period on Oct. 10 that she is “still concerned about our special education department,” saying research she had done showed “30 percent of our students who are special education.” Robinson said the district appears to have only one person overseeing special education, that many teacher rosters are out of compliance, and that some students are attending classes without Individualized Education…
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