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District presents intensive support classrooms serving about 65 students
Summary
At the Dec. 2 board meeting, Mr. Giordano described the district's intensive support classrooms (8 classrooms, roughly 65 students), staffing and program features including augmentative communication devices, frequent community-based instruction and job-readiness partnerships; no board action was required.
Mr. Giordano, a district presenter, gave the board an overview of Lower Moreland's intensive support classrooms and the services provided to students with the most complex needs.
"We have 8 such classrooms across the district," Giordano told the board, saying those classes currently serve about 65 students: three at Pine Road, two at Murray Avenue, one in the middle school and two at the high school. He described the model as grouping students who receive autistic support, life-skills support, emotional support and multiple-disability support into intensive-support…
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