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Sto‑Rox official outlines plan to bring special‑education services in‑house to reduce costly out‑of‑district placements
Summary
Brittany Linson Bigler, Sto‑Rox School District director of student services, told the recovery advisory committee the district is expanding life‑skills and emotional‑support classrooms, adding paraprofessionals and tightening placement rules to cut roughly $1.3M in tuition and nearly $2.4M in total costs tied to out‑of‑district special‑education placements.
Brittany Linson Bigler, Sto‑Rox School District director of student services and Title IX coordinator, told the Financial Recovery Advisory Committee on Nov. 19 that the district is accelerating efforts to provide more special‑education supports inside district buildings and reduce the number of students sent to out‑of‑district programs.
"These are our kids. We can't ignore the fact that our kids have strong needs, so we need to provide strong supports to meet them where they are," Bigler said, summarizing the rationale for expanding in‑district programming and staff training.
Bigler said the district added a second life‑skills classroom and another emotional‑support classroom at the primary center and plans to hire two additional paraprofessionals for that building to provide more in‑house…
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