Innovative in-house programs help temper spiraling expenses

From the Boston Globe:

School districts in Massachusetts are working to educate students with disabilities in their home communities rather than sending them to specialized schools far from home. The results: cost savings for the districts, and less time in transit for the students. The initial response from parents has been positive.

Superintendents and special-education directors insist they do not intend to lower the quality of services for the disabled while keeping their eye on the bottom line. “Our primary goal is to meet the needs of the kids,” said Linda Stapp, director of pupil services in Winchester, where an in-house high school program began this year. “If we can do it in a cost-effective way, everybody wins.”

The push comes as special education claims an increasingly larger chunk of school budgets across the state.

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