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Special education staff seek $649,000 to expand Intensive Support Center and reduce external placements
Summary
The director of special education asked the board to fund a $649,000 proposal to expand the Intensive Support Center so more students with autism, emotional disabilities and post-high needs can be served inside ACPS, which staff said would reduce reliance on costly private-day placements.
Katie Kompel, director of special education, told the Albemarle County School Board that the division is requesting $649,000 in FY26 to expand the Intensive Support Center (ISC) to serve more K–12 students with autism and emotional disabilities and to centralize post‑high (age 18–22) instruction at the Lamb’s Lane ISC campus.
Kompel said the ISC began in January 2023 to serve students with autism who required intensive behavioral supports that base schools could not safely provide. Under the proposal, the ISC would expand to provide separate elementary and secondary classes for students with autism and for…
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