Caddo School Board and the Corrective Action Plan

The Caddo School Board will have a special called meeting on Tuesday. The topic: the Corrective Action Plan.

I'm still doing some reporting to understand it fully since this was before my time. Here's what I know so far:

The purpose of the meeting is to hear an update from Robert March, a nationally certified school psychologist based in Colorado and to take action on the Corrective Action Plan and Budget for 2009-10 and on his interim contract. March is the consultant hired to look at creating an improvement plan for services offered to emotionally and behaviorally disturbed students as part of a 2006 settlement agreement with the state education department.

The Corrective Action Plan, its budget, and March's contract is extensive. From what I've read so far, the district will have to pay Dr. March $736,750 this year for his services. What do said services include? Here's the list:

• On/off site consultation. $198,000 total for on site, $82,500 for offsite
• $96,250 for travel
• $54,000 for data analysis
• $306,000 for enrollment in online professional development

Whenever the topic of the corrective action plan and Dr. March comes up, the board isn't happy.  The last time Dr March visited the board, there was hostility and lots of unanswered questions. We'll see what happens on Tuesday.

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