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Morton CUSD 709 details preschool expansion, multilingual services and transition programs for students with disabilities
Summary
The district’s Student Support Services director updated the board on preschool enrollment and monitoring, multilingual student screening and exit trends, and RISE/Life Academy transition and vocational initiatives including a new PAESLab and a University of Illinois partnership to expand work opportunities.
The Morton CUSD 709 Student Support Services director briefed the board Oct. 15 on preschool enrollment and quality monitoring, multilingual student screening and supports, and transition‑to‑work programs for students in the RISE and Life Academy programs.
“Currently we have 79 students enrolled in our program,” Student Support Services director Miss Scroggs told the board, describing the district’s PFA‑funded preschool classes and a separate intensive early‑childhood classroom that serves children with IEPs. She said the district holds IEP spots open for students coming through early intervention and that developmental screening has increased to about 100 students per year; two screenings had produced 45 screenings so far this year.
Why it matters: The preschool update highlighted how state grant seats and…
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