The Director of Student Support Services reports that the district secured a spot in a State Personnel Development Grant that will fund a year‑long partnership with Glenn Patterson, a UVM department chair specializing in mathematics and special education. The work will support MTSS and Special Education teams through professional development and instructional practice in mathematics, focused on students with significant challenges and learning disabilities, beginning in the fall. While this specific grant partnership appears awarded and scoped, it reveals that the district is prioritizing intensive math intervention and special education support backed by external expertise. Vendors that provide math intervention curricula, progress‑monitoring tools, MTSS platforms, or special education professional learning can position complementary offerings, integration support, or follow‑on services as the district implements and scales what it learns from the grant.

District was also selected as an exemplary MTSS district and is completing a separate system analysi...