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Throughout this past summer, the Park County School District #1 administration in Powell was focusing on how to reopen schools safely for their students amid the pandemic. Then Ginger Sleep, the district's special services director, said they got another surprise.
"Coming into the school year, we knew that we would have students, which we love having students in Park #1 We just didn't know the magnitude of those needs and just the quantity," said Sleep.
Close to 40 new students with special needs enrolled in the district at the start of the school year. Twenty of those were from out of state.
"Every student has individual needs, and we're required by law to meet their needs. And we want to meet their needs to the best of our ability," said Sleep.