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Counselors urge board to preserve roles as Randolph County plans staff reductions
Summary
At multiple sworn personnel hearings the district's counselors and supporters warned that proposed staffing changes — including part-time coverage or splitting positions — would weaken crisis response, strain social-emotional supports and conflict with proposed counselor-ratio bills. Administration said at least partial coverage would remain and agreed to provide plans.
Several sworn personnel hearings at the special Randolph County Schools meeting focused on counseling positions that administration recommends reducing or reassigning.
Jodie Acres, itinerant counselor at Randolph Technical Center, described 18 years of relevant experience and said her position includes adult-education, LPN management and GED test administration. She said a possible change from a 220-day contract to a 200-day contract — or splitting the role between…
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