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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In practice this happens to some degree or another because otherwise the students will just get pulled out to get services which is not LRE (if a teacher’s caseload is 10 kids and they are all in 10 different classrooms, reading instruction for 30 minutes a day can’t physically occur at 10 different times). The consolidation of some students with similar needs in the same classroom happens for special education, ESL, etc.

The bigger issue I see is not just funding the SpEd teacher positions or even finding staffing—it’s that the formulas used to determine that staffing is not reflecting the current needs of some students. Some students with intense behavior needs are requiring virtual one on one support, but the staffing formula the state uses assumes they require far less. The needs of some students now are unlike any I have seen in my career, and the formulas need to be modified.[/quote]

Same.  We're seeing so, so many kids with behavior needs that really need a 1:1 teacher (not TA) or a 1:2 all day.  Was it Covid?  Screen time screw up kids' brains?  Something happening genetically due to PFA's or some other environmental factor?  Lead in the water pipes?  We need more sped teachers, many more.[/quote]

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