DPS Superintendent Paul Fregeau and Kathy Horath, Director of Macon-Piatt Special Education joined Byers and Co to talk about the impact of the TA strike on Special Education programs.  

The following programs will be suspended until the TA strike concludes. 

Pershing Early Learning Programs - All PreK classes (grant funded PFA and special education) at Pershing, RCC, Baum, Oak Grove

Parsons - All Life Skills classrooms

Enterprise - All Life Skills and hearing impaired program students

Muffley - Social/Emotional Development (SED) program

Hope - Essential Skills program

SEAP Program at Harris

Stephen Decatur - SED, Life Skills, Essential Skills

MacArthur - SED, Life Skills, Essential Skills and Cross-Cat

Eisenhower - SED, Life Skills and Cross-Cat

General education and special education cross-cat classrooms will remain open, but students who have individual LPN or teaching assistant minutes on their IEP will not be able to attend while the teaching assistants are on strike.

Parents of special education students who are not able to attend school while the teaching assistants are choosing not to work have the right to request an IEP meeting to discuss compensatory services. Please contact the Macon Piatt Special Education Office at 217-362-3055 with any questions.