Board of Education member Galvin Deleon Guerrero, chairman of BOE’s committee on school reform, parental involvement and student relations, told the board during a meeting last week that a possible short-term solution is “outsourcing the related services in Guam or in U.S.”
He said this idea was discussed by his committee during its meeting with Kagman community members.
As a long-term plan, he said PSS could launch an “aggressive recruitment campaign” while government agencies “collaborate in developing local capacity in the CNMI.”
According to Deleon Guerrero, there is “a high number of special kids that need one-on-one assistance,” but PSS can’t provide this service due to lack of qualified personnel.
“The CNMI has very few related-service providers,” he added.
Kagman High School has only two service providers for special education and one of them is set to leave PSS soon.
Saipan Southern and Marianas High School each have also only two specialists for the program.
