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CPS special ed staffing cuts and reversals are leaving students behind and unserved


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Parents of special education students at Chicago Public Schools say their children are getting left behind after the district made significant staffing changes this year. The number of Chicago Public School students in special education is at its highest in at least 15 years. This summer the school district cut about 1000 special ed positions only to reopen more than 600 new positions after classes started in the fall. CPS officials say these changes will help "right size the number of staff, where in the past some schools would have too many, and others too few." HOST: LANE
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