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Appoquinimink outlines major special-education expansion, board presses for staffing and cost data
Summary
District officials proposed expanding autism and vocational pathways across the district, bringing students back from a state program; board members asked for enrollment and cost forecasts and raised trade-off questions about concentration versus spreading services.
Appoquinimink School District officials presented a multi-year plan Tuesday to expand special-education services and bring students back from a statewide program, and trustees pressed for more staffing and fiscal detail before approving the conceptual plan.
The district said enrollment growth and the return of students from the Brennan (Christina School District) autism program are driving expansion of RISE (autism supports), the LCCE (Life-Centered Career Education) high-school pathway, and LIFE services for students ages 18—2. Miss Peters, a special-programs presenter, said the district added two RISE…
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