The Sedalia school district will hire a teacher to oversee the Project Search program, which helps high school special education students transition to the work force through employment training and job coaching at a local business.
The position was unanimously approved during Monday night’s Sedalia School District 200 Board of Education meeting at Smith-Cotton High School.
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