School board defeats proposal to explore special education alternatives

The topic “exploration of special education services,” as stated on the agenda at the NR-S School Board meeting on Monday, January 8, didn’t begin or end how some expected.

 East Central’s Director of Special Education Denise Brandvold and several members of the East Central staff who work at NR-S attended the meeting, prepared to plead their case for retaining the contract in place between the tw...