Cerritos : District to Train Aides to Help Disturbed Students

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Aug. 2, 1990 12 AM PT

As many as six ABC Unified School District instructional aides will be trained to help teachers deal with emotionally disturbed students beginning next school year.

The Board of Education has approved a plan that provides for behavior management training for the aides. They will be selected from the district’s 32 full-time and 380 part-time aides.

For the record:

12:00 a.m. Aug. 12, 1990 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Sunday August 12, 1990 Home Edition Long Beach Part J Page 4 Column 3 Zones Desk 2 inches; 36 words Type of Material: Correction
Pay for Aides--The ABC Unified School District will pay part-time instructional aides $510 to $621 a month during the new school year. An Aug. 2 story in The Times on the training of aides to help emotionally disturbed students incorrectly stated the pay rates.

The aides will work in the classrooms and on the playgrounds to control the anger and outbursts of emotionally disturbed children, officials said. The aides will be paid from $1,359 to $1,656 a month and will work about three hours a day.

In another board action, the contract of the district’s law firm was extended. The agreement with the Cerritos firm of Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo will run through June 30, 1992.

The firm’s fees will remain at $100 per hour until July 1, 1991, then will increase to $105 per hour for the remainder of the contract. The board also agreed to hire district resource specialist Marion Lahmani as the coordinator of special programs and services. Lahmani’s new duties will include coordinating the Gifted and Talented Education program, extended day care and Head Start programs.

Lahmani has worked for the district since 1970. She started as an elementary bilingual teacher. Her salary will be $4,823 a month.