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Teachers and specialists warn of special-education cuts and lost assistive-technology lab
Summary
Special-education teachers and program specialists told the board that staffing reductions have left the district short multiple specialists and over-cap caseloads; staff pleaded for immediate action to restore directors, nurses and program specialists and to find space for the assistive-technology lab used by students with complex needs.
Multiple employees and family members urged the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board on Oct. 8 to reverse reductions in special-education staffing and to preserve the district—s assistive-technology resource lab.
Eileen Shay, an adaptive physical-education specialist, said the district now employs only four program specialists to serve nearly 3,000 special-education students and that caseload caps were regularly exceeded. She told trustees that teachers are unsupported,…
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