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Pasco schools to expand autism support classes, move Achieve Center and pilot a fourth-grade ‘bridge’ program
Summary
District staff described expansions of sensory/behavior/communication programs at multiple elementary schools, relocation of Achieve Center services into a larger building and a voluntary Student Success Bridge pilot for certain retained fourth graders.
District staff presented multiple special-education program changes aimed at increasing capacity for students with autism and significant behavior needs, relocating Achieve Center services and piloting an elementary-level academic bridge.
Melissa, a district special-education staff member, described program expansions, relocations and a proposed alternative school space for elementary students with high support needs. She said the county will open new Sensory Behavior Communication (SBCP) programs at Schroeder and Woodland elementary schools to relieve crowding at Deer Park and Moon Lake, and add a K–5 program at Skybrook to relieve Bexley. “We are expanding to open a program at Schrader. And then when you look at water grass, they were gonna have I don't even know. It…
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