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Lily Lake principal outlines special education program, staffing and facility needs
Summary
Principal Gransa told the Stillwater Area Public Schools board that Lily Lake Elementary enrolls 387 students this year, houses a districtwide communication integration program that raises the school's special-education share to about 29%, and is facing classroom renovation and paraprofessional staffing shortages.
Principal Gransa presented a high-level “state of the school” to the Stillwater Area Public Schools Board of Education, describing Lily Lake Elementary's student population, curriculum practices, inclusion work and facility needs.
Gransa, who said this is his first year at Lily Lake, told the board the school currently enrolls 387 students, down from about 417 last year because kindergarten operates with two sections this year; about 60 kindergarten students are already signed up for next year and the school expects to return to three sections. He said the building's official capacity is 525 but that figure has been adjusted to reflect dedicated rooms for the district's Communication Integration Program (CIP), which reduces usable classroom capacity because CIP rooms commonly serve 7–10 students per space.
The CIP serves students with autism and related…
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