By Patricia Bogumil
Editor
After more than 2-1/2 hours of presentations, personal opinions, professional opinions and arguments, a special joint meeting called Nov. 14 to share concerns and input about the Waterford Special Education Cooperative offered a lot to reflect on for about 100 people who attended.
But the sides clearly drawn coming into the meeting appeared to be just as firm at meeting’s end, with no mention of follow-up meetings being set to iron out a win-win for all sides.
The joint meeting was called after the Waterford Graded School District Board recently gave written notice of its intent to withdraw its special education students from the Co-op in 2014.
Waterford Graded has the most students in the Co-op, and pays for 54 percent of the Co-op’s budget. It seeks a stronger say in Co-op fiscal issues, especially Co-op employee pay and benefits that are higher than what WGSD pays its own staff.
Parents of special ed students, community members, school district administrators and some school board members all shared their views about the services the Co-op provides, and what WGSD’s leaving will mean for students.
For the complete story, see the Nov. 23 edition of the Waterford Post.
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