Board approves program support teacher

CLINTONVILLE – The Clintonville Board of Education approved the addition of a program support teacher to its staff to serve the district’s special education program.
The approval came when the board met March 31.
During the discussion, board member KlintBarkow asked for verification that the program support teacher would be a new position in the district, and that the district has never had such a position before.
Clintonville Superintendent Troy Kuhn said that was correct.
“A lot of this has to do with just oversight in certain areas, particularly making sure that IEPs are correctly written, and that not only what is in the IEP (individualized education program), the goals are correct and that we are properly meeting what is required in those IEPs, in addition to professional development and a lot of the other things,” Kuhn said.

Kuhn added that “the majority of the district’s special development is now happening within the walls of the Clintonville School District because we have highly qualified people at Clintonville.”
Barkow asked if the position would be fulltime.
Kuhn said it would be fulltime.
“We’re asking that we have this position because that’s what Clintonville needs at this time,” Kuhn said.