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Paraprofessionals strain district budget and staffing
Cedar Rapids' special education paras shrink from 480 to 370 as budget cuts bite. District faces 10 to 40 paras open, with 11 specialized groups, while pay and benefits lag behind rising costs and enrollment drops. Union officials blame underfunding for chronic hiring and retention challenges.
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Wendy Parker
Special Services
Parker
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Education Association
Iowa State Education Association
Noreen Bush
Paras
Bush
Kim Miller
Miller
Iowa
Para
Sara McBride
Pierce
Anne Hagie
McKinley Middle
Candy Clark
Clark
Kim Baldwin
Nixon
Baldwin