ADMINISTRATOR PROMOTED; SPECIAL ED DIRECTOR GIVEN RAISE, NEW TITLE.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer LANCASTER - Planning to take over special education programs from Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County, the Antelope Valley Union High School District The Antelope Valley Union High School District (A.V.U.H.S.D.) is located in the Antelope Valley area of California, in northern Los Angeles County. The district includes eight public high schools, one trade school, and two continuation high schools in the cities of Palmdale has created a third assistant superintendent Assistant Superintendent, or Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), was a rank used by police forces in the British Empire. It was usually the lowest rank that could be held by a European officer, most of whom joined the police at this rank. position to oversee those programs. The board upgraded the existing position of director of student support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services to the level of assistant superintendent. Dave Rich, who held the director position, was appointed to the new post. ``A lot of this is tied in to taking over special education from the county,'' board President Bill Olenick said. ``Mr. Rich has at this point oversight
Oversight may refer to:
The board unanimously approved the new position at last week's meeting. The district has about 260 students who are severely handicapped in county special education programs. Rich, who has been with the district for about 30 years, will be earning $15,000 more a year for an annual salary of $109,168, Olenick said. Teachers union President Laurie Brown Laurie Brown may be:
``I'm a mom. I only get so much money. I make every single penny count. I feel pretty secure I'm getting the best bang for the buck,'' said Brown, president of the 750-member Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Teachers Association. ``The district is wasting money. Students are lacking in textbooks, they need equipment and supplies and management just seems to get more and more.'' With the failure last November of a $91 million school construction bond measure, and the district in need of money to build new schools, Olenick acknowledged that the ``timing could be better,'' but he said the new position was necessary. ``There's no question in my mind that this position is warranted. I would not have supported it if it wasn't justified and necessary at this time,'' Olenick said. Olenick added that the district will not hire another director to take Rich's place. Education officials are discussing transferring control of some special education programs from the county to local Antelope Valley school districts. The idea came from the high school district, and the two largest elementary school elementary school: see school. districts, where officials say they have grown to such a point where they now command the resources to assume responsibility for providing such services. The county has for 25 years operated programs for children with severe disabilities, including the deaf and hard of hearing, developmentally delayed students and children with multiple handicaps. The local school districts run their own programs in which they provide services primarily to children who are mildly handicapped, have learning disabilities or speech and language problems. |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion