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Special education director details expansions and family feedback as CCPS serves nearly 9,000 students with disabilities
Summary
Summer Mano, CCPS special education director, told the board that the division expanded early childhood inclusion and work‑based learning, launched leadership development for special educators and has gathered 287 family responses to a new feedback survey to guide improvements.
Summer Mano, special education director for Chesterfield County Public Schools, told the school board at its Nov. 12 work session that the division is building on gains from 2024–25 while preparing priorities for 2025–26. "This success is truly a shared effort," she said, adding that the division provides support to "our almost 9,000 students with disabilities."
Mano summarized program expansions and system supports that aim to increase inclusion and post‑school readiness. She said the district expanded early childhood special education inclusion from four schools in seven classrooms to five schools in 11 classrooms during…
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