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Board hears rising demand for communications program and specialized reading; district proposes added sections and services
Summary
District staff told the board the communications program (serving students with autism-spectrum needs) and specialized reading services are expanding; the working draft budget includes additional teaching positions, OT/PT increases and a continued summer academy pilot.
NISKAYUNA, N.Y. — At the Feb. 25 Board of Education meeting district staff reported growing special-education needs, particularly in the communications program that supports students on the autism spectrum, and asked the board to consider additional elementary and middle‑school sections and related services in the 2025–26 working draft budget.
Tim, who presented the special-education summary, said the district added a communications section at the elementary level last year and expanded a continuum at Iroquois Middle School; this year the district expects a second-year increase in needs coming out of preschool that will require another elementary communications…
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