D Rabinowitz Comment

I like your idea of

Push to have the Provider do a real needs assessment that uses existing structures like SLCs and departments, as opposed to creating anything new or artificial (or, even worse, temporary).

We can start with what we have already done when we collected data from parents, teachers, and students last year.

Create our goals in each of the key areas
That way if these folks are forced on us, they become our supporters not our adversaries.