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Centennial SD proposes moving autistic‑support classrooms in‑house at Davis, administration says in‑house model could save money
Summary
District leaders told the board they will seek approval March 24 to transfer two autistic‑support classrooms from the intermediate unit into Centennial (Davis Elementary), offering current IU teachers right of first refusal and proposing additional staff (one more teacher, 14 registered behavior technicians, and a BCBA) if enrollment requires a third classroom. Administration presented projected cost comparisons and identified staffing as the main risk.
District leaders asked the Centennial School District board to consider a transfer-of-entity proposal to bring two autistic‑support classrooms currently administered by the county intermediate unit (IU) into the district at Davis Elementary.
The board was told the administration will request board-level approval at the March 24 meeting to extend right‑of‑first‑refusal offers to the two current IU classroom teachers and to authorize hiring a third classroom teacher if early‑intervention enrollment requires it. Administration said early‑intervention intake shows roughly 90 students entering the district and that 25 of them have already been identified with autism; the district said that enrollment pattern could require a third classroom at Davis.
Administration described an…
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