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Superintendent highlights regional consortium that supports Rockport special education placements
Summary
The superintendent reviewed the North Georgia Education Consortium annual report, saying the collaborative helps Rockport serve students whose needs cannot be met in-district and provides professional development and transportation partnerships.
Superintendent Mark Branko summarized the North Georgia Education Consortium's annual report and recommended committee members review the document in their meeting folder. He described the consortium as a collaborative that allows small districts to serve students regionally when in-district placements are not possible and said it provides member districts with structures for financing, professional development and specialized placements.
Branko noted he serves on the consortium board and the finance committee and said participating gives member districts access to placements, shared transportation options and professional-development opportunities. Committee members asked about past use of particular consortium services and how Rockport might increase use of ‘job alike’ or professional-development offerings moving forward; Branko said special-education transportation partnerships could yield efficiencies in future years.
