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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But I think Bridge's preference is only for kids with more significant special needs (as measured by hours of services in their IEPs).  If CMI's SN kids get an hour of OT a week and preferential seating, and Bridge's kids need 1:1 aides, assistive communications devices, and PT daily then even having a smaller % of SN kids could still require a lot more effort and money.[/quote]

Yes - you are right about the Bridges preferences.

In 2014-15 CMI had 181 students, and 33% (~60 students) had IEPs.

Of those 60 students, 25% (~15) were categorized as "Level 4" which requires 15+ hours of specialized instruction per week. That's the usual breakdown of hours needed to trigger discussion of a self-contained classroom. Y

In their application, CMI referenced wanted to be able to have a self-contained classroom for students with Downs or sensory disorders. That -- and the service levels documented by OSSE - means that they do have kdis who are getting just as much support, on an hourly basis as Bridges. means more than a handful of students are getting significantly more than an hour of OT a week.

If you didn't realize that there were students receiving this much support, that just means that CMI is doing inclusion well. But what they wrote up, and what Bridges is doing for its students in need of the most support, is very similar. And the challenge for a school is once you set up that classroom for even a few students, you need a few more to make the financial piece of it work.
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