District 94 highlights transition internships and plans new transition apartment

Community High School District 94 officials described expanded work-based learning and independent-living training for students in the district’s transition program and announced plans to convert a greenhouse into a transition apartment intended to simulate a home environment for students aging into adult services.

The presentation, led by Erica Gudashaw, the district’s transition and vocational coordinator, noted that federal law (Section 113 of the Rehabilitation Act) guarantees pre-employment transition services for students with disabilities and that District 94’s program emphasizes employment, education/training, and independent-living skills. Gudashaw outlined partnerships that place students at sites such as Lehman Middle School cafeteria, West Chicago Public…