Warwick special education director outlines program changes and warns funding shortfall could hinder five-year plan
Mr. Carter, Warwick's new special education director, described early priorities including a bridge transition program, a planned rewrite of the district's special-education guidebook and a proposed transitional-kindergarten model. He also said a lower-than-expected funding increase (reported as ~1.6% vs. an anticipated 2.5%) could undermine the first year of a five-year plan.
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Mr. Carter, the district's new special education director, said he is "about three weeks into this job" and outlined several early priorities for Warwick's special education programs, including a strengthened bridge (post‑graduation transition) program, a collaborative rewrite of the special-education guidebook and a pilot of transitional kindergarten classrooms to give some children additional diagnostic time before permanent placement.
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