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Area 1 BOCES outlines expansion plan for special-education campus, seeks approvals and regional cooperation
Summary
Area 1 BOCES leaders told the West Seneca board on March 4 they plan to create a centralized, research-designed special-education campus that could add up to 80 seats and include therapy, life-skills and work-based learning spaces.
CHEEKTOWAGA / WEST SENECA, N.Y. — Representatives from Area 1 BOCES presented a regional update to the West Seneca board on March 4, outlining cooperative services, aid mechanics and a proposed centralized special-education campus designed to add capacity and support work-based learning and therapy spaces.
Dr. Capuana, Area 1 BOCES district superintendent, introduced the BOCES leadership team and described the cooperative model the organization uses to provide shared services across 19 component districts. Anita Trautman, who oversees career and technical education and exceptional education at Area 1, described program locations and noted workforce-development and career-technical programming for roughly 2,500 students…
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