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Board hears proposal to move district’s Transitions program into Columbia Elementary’s west wing
Summary
District staff recommended relocating the Wenatchee School District Transitions program from portable classrooms at Westside High School into the available west wing of Columbia Elementary, citing space, accessibility and a lower estimated cost to meet ADA needs; the board will discuss potential action May 13.
WENATCHEE, Wash. — Wenatchee School District staff presented the district’s case April 22 for relocating its Transitions program — a community-based program serving students with disabilities aged 18–22 — into the west wing of Columbia Elementary.
Staff said the Transitions program, which provides vocational training, community-access practice and job coaching, has outgrown temporary portables at Westside High School. Bethann (last name not given in transcript), who described program operations, said the program places students in community jobs, names Central Washington Hospital as a current employer partner and said staff work toward fading job-coaching supports when students demonstrate independence on the job.
Bethann said…
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