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Teachers urge board to address special-education leadership gap at Thomas Middle School
Summary
Two Thomas Middle School special-education teachers told the Clover Park School District board they fear loss of school leaders and a key special-education staff member will harm students with IEPs, and asked for greater staff involvement in leadership decisions.
Two special-education teachers told the Clover Park School District Board of Directors on March 9 that leadership changes at Thomas Middle School are jeopardizing supports for students with individualized education programs.
"They are children with exceptionalities. It's not something that you can just throw into the teacher's laps and say, here you go," said Digna Artilles, a seventh-grade ELA teacher at Thomas Middle School, during the public-comment portion of the meeting.…
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