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Craven County Schools says decentralizing special‑education classrooms reduced travel and addressed overcapacity, but staffing needs rose
Summary
District staff testified that moving many exceptional‑children students back to their home schools eased family hardship and long bus rides, but increased the number of EC teaching positions in several attendance‑zone schools.
Craven County Schools told the board on Feb. 10 that decentralizing services for students with disabilities — returning many students from centralized “hub” classrooms to their home schools — improved family access and reduced excessive travel times, but required creation of several additional teaching positions.
The district presented data showing an enrollment increase among Exceptional Children (EC) students from about 1,900 to roughly 2,300 over the past year, a roughly 20 percent rise in caseloads tied to both local placements and students entering the district. The superintendent’s team said that some centralized EC classrooms were over capacity (examples cited included up to eight students in one class) and that shifting services to home schools…
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