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Board debates ESE coordinator qualifications as longtime ESE administrator announces retirement
Summary
Nassau County School Board members debated whether coordinator and specialist roles should require classroom teaching experience while staff proposed broader qualifications to widen the applicant pool; Patsy Kelly announced she will retire June 30 and urged the board to consider ESE needs in hiring plans.
Doctor Burns opened discussion on revisions to several Exceptional Student Education (ESE) job descriptions, saying the district aims to broaden qualifications to attract more candidates. "The change is in the job goal: quality education program for a student or students based on individual education plan," Doctor Burns said, describing an update that clarifies 1-on-1 paras can be designated as targeted paras so they may support more than one student.
Patsy Kelly, identified in the workshop as an ESE administrator, told the board the change will help the district better utilize para resources. "We're trying to move more in the direction of a…
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