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Nicole Triasi outlines special‑education continuum and proposed class‑ratio changes
Summary
PPS presenter Nicole Triasi told the Cornwall Central School District board the district will adjust several specialized‑class ratios for 2026–27, suspend a low‑enrollment middle‑school "success" class and expand high‑school community‑based instruction to better fit students' needs.
Nicole Triasi, the district’s PPS presenter, told the Board of Education on March 9 that the district approaches special education as a continuum and is proposing several program changes to better match student needs.
Triasi used a ‘‘community aquatic center’’ analogy to explain how related services (speech, occupational and physical therapy, counseling) and instructional models work together so students can access general‑education curriculum. "Some students just have resource room, some students just have consultant teacher, some students have both," she said, describing pull‑out resource rooms and push‑in consultant‑teacher models that the district uses.
Triasi said most elementary students with IEPs spend the…
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