District 109 officials say True North will shift to therapeutic day‑school model; districts may rescind withdrawal in November

District 109 administrators told the school board on Sept. 18 that the True North cooperative is likely to reconstitute as a campus‑based therapeutic day school rather than dissolve, and that the district may rescind its earlier notice of withdrawal at the cooperative's November meeting. The change would shift governance and finance arrangements and could reduce staff at the cooperative.

The proposal presented to the board would move True North from its existing cooperative structure to a smaller, fee‑based model focused on a campus K–22 therapeutic day program for students with complex needs. "It looks like possibly all 18 districts might remain," Superintendent Mike said, describing recent governance proposals; he added the new model includes a zero membership option that would reduce District 109's membership fee by about $400,000 in the district's estimate. Kelly, a district staff member who attended the…