EDUCATION

Chandler schools: SPED preschoolers now in more regular classes

Chandler Unified School District students work on an activity at Santan Preschool. CUSD staff say they’ve received positive feedback from everyone involved in an effort to have more 3-year-old special education students in regular classes.

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This chart shows Chandler Unified School District's types of special education environments. Dr. Kym Marshall said an initiative to get more 3-year-old special-ed preschoolers into regular classes has yielded positive results.

Courtesy of Chandler USD

Chandler Unified School District administrators believe they’ve made some headway with a change in recent years in their approach to special education.

They want to hang onto that momentum.

Dr. Kym Marshall and teacher Alicia Wronski told the Chandler Independent they’re encouraged by the progress made by putting more and more 3-year-old special education preschoolers in with general classes of students.

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