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Special-education students run 'Bulldog Express' coffee cart to build job skills
Summary
District speech pathologist Jenna Bialik and special-education teacher Christina Lange described the Bulldog Express program: a student-run coffee cart where students rotate through jobs to practice vocational and communication skills and deliver pre-ordered items to staff each Friday.
Speech and language pathologist Jenna Bialik and special-education teacher Christina Lange presented the Bulldog Express program to the board, describing it as "a 'Coffee Cart' business for our special education students that help build and improve functional skills" through stocking supplies, monthly shopping trips, baking and real-life communication.
Students rotate weekly through roles such as manager, sales, punch-card attendant and cart operator; the cart makes pre-ordered deliveries to staff each Friday. The presenters said the structured, recurring tasks are intended to develop practical job skills and independent communication for participating students.
