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Teacher urges board to slow proposed K–5 model for intensive special-education classrooms

Elkhart Community Schools Board · April 21, 2026
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Taylor Bryant, a classroom teacher representing the Mary Beck Intense Interventions team, asked the board to pause changes that would move K–2/3–5 separate-setting classrooms into a single K–5 model, citing safety, developmental range, instructional and staffing concerns and urging collaboration with special-education staff.

Taylor Bryant, a classroom teacher speaking on behalf of the Mary Beck Intense Interventions team, urged the Elkhart Community Schools board during public comment to reconsider a proposal to reconfigure separate-setting special-education classrooms into a K–5 model.

"I wanted to express my concerns regarding the proposed change to the current structure of our K 235 separate setting classrooms…

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