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Special-education enrollments rise; Stoughton reports increased out-of-district placements and staffing needs
Summary
Director Ed Clark reported 209 student move‑ins since July 1 with 51 already on IEPs; the district now has about 70 students placed out of district and a higher-than-state-average share of students on the autism spectrum, prompting proposals for additional special-education staffing and program expansion.
Ed Clark, Stoughton’s director of special education, told the School Committee that the district experienced an unusual influx of students this summer: 209 move-ins between July 1 and early November, 51 of whom already had individualized education programs when they arrived. Clark said that increase moved the district’s share of students with disabilities above the state average by roughly two percentage points.
Clark said the district’s largest disability category is students on the autism spectrum (about 20.6% locally vs. a 17.3% state average as shown on DESE comparison tools cited in the…
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