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Board warns special-education, social-work and nurse cuts could harm services as staff propose swaps to hit reduction targets
Summary
Administrators proposed several special-education and support-staff reductions—trading some teachers for EdTechs and proposing a nurse-to-med-tech replacement—prompting board members to emphasize caseload, liability and contract issues as critical considerations before any final cuts.
Administrators told the RSU 10 school board that, to meet requested reduction targets, the district is proposing multiple changes to student-support staffing, including reassigning roles between special-education teachers and EdTechs and reducing some counseling and social-work coverage.
Staff noted some cuts involve empty or retiring positions, while others would require shifting services: in one scenario staff proposed trading a special-education teacher at one school for an…
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