Hi-Line Living: Special Ed teachers prepare for school

Last Friday, four special education teachers, most of them new to Havre High, met to coordinate schedules for 63 students, the special ed students registered at the high school. Classes wouldn't start for another two weeks, but work was literally piling up.

Special ed teachers scrutinize every individual schedule to fit the students' unique needs. Every special ed student has an individualized education plan, called an IEP, represented by a bulky stack of paperwork.

Joined by Director of Special Services Karla Geda, teachers Jolene Christensen, Rachel Haug, Carol Komrosky and Chelsea Far...