Children with disabilities are entitled to a public education but when schools don t fulfill that obligation, it s often left to parents to fight for their rights under federal law.
Many experts say it is harmful to isolate children with disabilities. Nationally, however, public districts paid for about 166,000 students with disabilities to attend segregated schools.
Twenty-eight professionals were presented awards at the recent Influential Women of Northwest Indiana awards banquet, celebrating the Region’s top female professionals.
The special education program is currently run through Porter County Education Services. Ultimately, the school corporation is hoping for a model in which they employ teachers and staff directly.