New York pushing to create special-needs schools
October 13th, 2008From the New York Times:
Intense lobbying by parents has prompted the creation of Westbrook Preparatory School, a $2.5 million institution that will be New York State’s first residential school for students with high-functioning autism.
The new school is part of a statewide push to bring special education students back from out-of-state private schools by creating publicly financed alternatives closer to home.
Lacking local options for those students, school districts in New York state have traditionally sent students to faraway private residential schools at costs of up to $200,000 per student per year.
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