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Frankfort School District 157 C

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

NLSD122 Pulls Out of Lincoln-Way Area Special Ed. D843

New Lenox School Dist. 122 agrees to become its own Special Education Cooperative, breaking away from LWASE D843. The process will take 18 months, beginning in January 2013.

The New Lenox School District 122 Board of Education agreed, beginning in January to begin pulling away from Lincoln-Way Area Special Education District 843. The aim is to shape its own New Lenox Special Education Cooperative. Supt. Michael Sass the NLSD122 has been slowly bringing home special education services for youngsters in D122, since 2004. A financial review of the special education program indicates that D122 would realize as cost savings of $529,000 for the 2014-2015 school year. By forming its own cooperative, this "eliminates another layer of government. It provides quicker response, problem-solving and decisions for our students." NLSD122 Cooperative has been forming since 2004 After 10 years of integrating special education …

Cat

5:51 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013

In addition, I was told by a Dr that NLSD is known by professionals as being opposed to working with special Ed kids. He told me good luck with NLSD. The Drs know it. If you have a special needs kid in NLSD you better think about relocating to Naperville or Orland where they have outstanding programs. Now reading his latest development I am furious this was going on behind our backs   more ›

Monday, August 20, 2012

Lincoln-Way Transportation Ready to Welcome Precious Cargo

The Route 30 construction project requires motorists to be even more aware of safety precautions around school buses this year.

At 160-strong, they spent the summer parked in the quiet lots of the Lincoln-Way School District 210 Transportation Department, located on a road that bears the name of their sole purpose on this earth. Those long yellow buses—the appearance of which has changed little in the past 20 or so years—have been inspected, repaired, retooled and cleaned-up all on Schoolhouse Road in unincorporated New Lenox. And now it's the end of August, and they have already taken to the streets that encompass the 105 square miles of the district. Elementary districts start this week: Aug. 21 for D122 and D157C, Aug. 22 for Summit Hill D161   The wheels of the bus will definitely go round-and-round, but LW Transportation Director Rich Wilkey along with his …

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