When: Penn Manor school board meeting, May 3.
What happened: As Penn Manor School District plans for students with disabilities coming into kindergarten, Theresa Kreider, district director of special services, discussed a difference in the numbers from the 2019-20 academic year to the projections for the 2021-22 academic year. Kreider said there has been an increase in students with disabilities transitioning into the district âparticularly students with significant disabilities. From the 2019-20 academic year to the 2021-22 academic year, the total number of students with disabilities transitioning into the district grew from 41 to 60. The number of students needing autistic support grew from one in the 2019-20 academic year to eight in 2020-21 academic year.
EAST LAMPETER TWP. SUPERVISORS
The East Lampeter Township Board of Supervisors will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, May 3, via Zoom. Information to attend, visit eastlampetertownship.org.
Among the agenda items:
- Consent agenda: (a) Approval of the minutes of the Monday, April 9, regular meeting; (b) approval to pay invoices from all funds.
- Old business: (a) Request for time extension to record No. 15-38 Devonâs Creek Phase 2; (b) Kunkle stormwater management plan No. 21-14: 821 Horning Road.
- New business: (a) Time extension for action regarding Miller Land Development Plan No. 21-06: 679 Hartman Station Road; (b) High Associates Stormwater Management Plan No. 21-12: Zook Yoder Esh Phase 2.
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When: Penn Manor School District board meeting, April 6.
What happened: Penn Manor is one of 61 Pennsylvania school districts with âsignificant disproportionalityâ in special education, based on race and ethnicity, under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Act policy. Theresa Kreider, district director of special services, said the district had a higher representation of Latino or Hispanic students in special education receiving in-school suspensions over 10 days in length during the 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20 academic years. Penn Manor is the only district in Lancaster County flagged by the state for being significant disproportionate.
Background: Hispanic or Latino students account for 15.8% of the districtâs total population but 23.7% of the districtâs special education population. The district has 200 Hispanic students in its special education programs. In 2017, 2018 and 2019, Hispanic students with disabilities were at least 2.5 times more likely to