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District proposes limited-term evaluation specialist to handle special education workload

Spooner Area School District Committee of the Whole · October 21, 2024
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Summary

Pupil services staff told the committee a psychologist vacancy created a backlog of evaluations; the district proposed hiring a 0.3 FTE limited-term evaluation specialist (about 12 hours/week at ~$20/hour) funded from the psychologist line; the committee agreed to move the proposal to the full board.

Pupil services staff described a staffing gap after a psychologist resigned over the summer and said the district has been working under high workload conditions until a contract psychologist and a 0.4 FTE psychologist were in place. To address a backlog of evaluation paperwork and…

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