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Teachers and support staff warn of ESSE transition crisis; board urged to act
Summary
Dozens of staff and community members asked the Osceola County School Board for more training, transparency and resources after district changes to ESSE/special-education placements; union representatives reported hundreds of staff injuries and called for immediate action.
Multiple teachers, paraprofessionals and union leaders used the public-comment period to press the Osceola County School Board for faster, clearer action after the districts changes to ESSE (special education) placements. Speakers described classrooms where staff are repeatedly injured and classroom learning is disrupted. "In the first half of the year, over 300 paras, support staff, and teachers have been injured by students," OCEA representative Emily Grants told the board.
Educators said the districts move to place more students in general-education classrooms has proceeded faster than supports, training and…
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