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Project SEARCH update: Meade School District highlights transition-to-work program for students with disabilities

Meade School District 46-1 Board of Education · February 10, 2025
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Summary

SBHS senior Zoe Herringer and Special Services Director Chrissy Peterson updated the board on Project SEARCH, a business-led one-year transition-to-work program that prepares students with disabilities for competitive employment.

At the Feb. 10 meeting of the Meade School District 46-1 Board, Stagebarn Middle School/Sturgis Brown High School representatives presented an update on Project SEARCH.

SBHS senior Zoe Herringer and Chrissy Peterson, the district’s Special Services Director, described Project SEARCH as a business-led, one-year transition-to-work program designed to prepare students with disabilities for competitive employment. Peterson outlined the program’s workplace exposure and training objectives; Herringer spoke about her experience as a participating student.

The presentation was informational; no motions or funding decisions specific to Project SEARCH were recorded in the minutes. The update appears in the meeting packet as an item presented to the board for awareness and ongoing program support.