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Student services reports implementation of IEP 2, reduced out-of-district placements and early-childhood enrollment gains
Summary
Director of student services Sherry Stevens and early childhood director Michelle Palermo updated the committee on special education enrollment, IEP 2 implementation, therapeutic programming that brought some students back from out-of-district placements, and a fully inclusive preschool serving roughly 160 children across eight classrooms.
Dr. Sherry Stevens, leading student services, briefed the School Committee on special education data, program development and challenges, and Michelle Palermo presented a program update on the district's early childhood center.
Stevens said the district currently has 626 students on individualized education programs (IEPs), representing 16.3% of enrollment, compared with the state special education rate of about 20.6%. She reported implementation this year of the state's IEP 2 guidance, a substantial revision the district's staff prepared for and rolled out, and said therapeutic programming K'12 has been developed to support students with social-emotional needs and has enabled the district to bring some…
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