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Oswego School District 308 not planning to eliminate all interventionist positions · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Oswego School District three toh eight not planning to eliminate
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  Speaker 1: all interventionist positions. Written by Eric Shelkoff. This article is
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  Speaker 1: being read by an automated voice brought to you by
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  Speaker 1: ever Lit. Oswego School District three to eight officials say
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  Speaker 1: online claims that the school district plans to eliminate all
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  Speaker 1: interventionist positions are not true. While the district is currently
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  Speaker 1: reviewing staffing structures for the upcoming school year, this does
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  Speaker 1: not include a full elimination of all interventionist positions, the
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  Speaker 1: district states on its website. Instead, the district is exploring
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  Speaker 1: consolidation of positions and roles as part of a broader
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  Speaker 1: effort to address significant financial challenges. An interventionist is an
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  Speaker 1: educator specialized in providing academic or behavioral support. Officials said
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  Speaker 1: the district's goal is to ensure that students who need
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  Speaker 1: additional academic support will continue to receive it. Importantly, the
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  Speaker 1: district remains fully committed to preserving all required supports and
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  Speaker 1: services for our special education programs and ensuring students receive
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  Speaker 1: the assistance they need to succeed. They said. The district
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  Speaker 1: is facing an eight million dollar reduction in state funding,
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  Speaker 1: along with additional financial pressures including rising utility costs, increased
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  Speaker 1: benefits costs, and a growing amount of unpaid student fees.
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  Speaker 1: Like many neighboring districts, we are being forced to carefully
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  Speaker 1: evaluate staffing in order to maintain financial stability. The district
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  Speaker 1: states we will continue and enhance additional cost saving measures
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  Speaker 1: that have been implemented over the past two years, including
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  Speaker 1: expanded competitive bidding for purchases and services, discontinued use of
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  Speaker 1: tax anticipation warrants, and increased application for grant funding. District
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  Speaker 1: leadership is working directly with school administrators to determine how
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  Speaker 1: student support services will continue to be delivered following any
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  Speaker 1: reduction in staff. Our focus remains on minimizing staff reductions
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  Speaker 1: whenever possible, while continuing to support student learning. Officials said,
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  Speaker 1: the recent announcement of significant staff reductions by many area
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  Speaker 1: districts is evidence that this issue is not isolated here.
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  Speaker 1: We intend to minimize the staffing through other cost cutting measures.