FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. — Records show district enrollment in Exceptional Children students has actually increased every year since at least 2020, raising the question, if these students aren’t contributing to the district’s overall enrollment drop, why is the EC program taking such a big hit in layoffs?
District leaders say the changes still leave staffing below the maximum student-to-teacher caseloads recommended by the NC Department of Public Instruction.
Those recommendations have not been revised since 2021…