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Pupil Personnel Services director outlines special‑education caseloads and budget needs
Summary
Jennifer Harrison, the district's director of Pupil Personnel Services, presented an overview of special‑education enrollments, program types, staffing and IDEA grant support and described Medicaid‑claiming work and rising costs during the March Board of Education meeting.
Jennifer Harrison, director of Pupil Personnel Services for the Middle Country Central School District, told the board the department is serving roughly 1,607 students classified with disabilities for the 2024–25 school year and that the figure does not include preschool students or students with 504 plans.
Harrison said about 261 preschoolers with disabilities are also served and that 51 Committee on Special Education (CSE) meetings were pending at the time of her presentation. She told the board there are about 555 students with 504 plans. "Students classified within the district make up approximately 16% of the population," Harrison said.
The presentation listed the district's continuum of services — related services (speech, occupational and physical therapy), consultant teacher models, resource rooms, integrated co‑teaching (ICT), special…
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