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Special education staff brief school committee on integrated preschool programming, tuition and inclusion efforts
Summary
District special education staff described DESE-regulated integrated preschool programming, tuition comparisons with neighboring districts, counts of current sections and a sliding-fee scale; committee directed future fee decisions return to the committee for a vote.
District special education staff briefed the Grafton School Committee on integrated preschool programming, enrollment drivers, tuition comparisons and recent inclusion initiatives.
Nicole McDonald and Chris Kitchell presented the overview. McDonald described the integrated preschool as a DESE‑regulated special education program that places students with disabilities alongside community peers in classrooms governed by state special education ratios and licensing. "If we don't have kind of that balance, it's no longer an integrated an inclusion opportunity," McDonald said.
McDonald explained how the district projects classroom needs using early intervention referrals, historical eligibility trends and expected kindergarten…
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