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Yorktown PPS seeks more counselors and psychologists as classified student counts rise
Summary
Caroline Almeda, director of pupil personnel services, told the board Section 504 and classified student numbers have increased and recommended adding a full‑time high‑school social worker and an extra psychologist at Crown Pond to meet growing behavioral-health and evaluation needs.
Caroline Almeda, director of Pupil Personnel Services, told the board that demand for special‑education and mental‑health supports has grown markedly since COVID, with the number of Section 504 students rising from 158 in 2019–20 to 303 in 2025–26 and about 1,084 classified students district‑wide.
Almeda said the district currently employs nine social workers and two behavior specialists and is seeing rising complexity in…
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