FY 2022 Educational Facilities Master Plan

SPECIAL EDUCATION Wicomico County Public Schools provides a full continuum of specialized instruction and health related services for students with disabilities. The primary focus of these services is to address the unique needs of students with disabilities in order for them to access the general curriculum to the maximum extent possible in the least restrictive environment. Services include diagnostic evaluation, specialized instruction and health related therapies as appropriate. Federal and state regulations require Wicomico County Schools to ensure that: 1. To the maximum extent appropriate, students with disabilities, including students in public or private institutions or other care facilities, are educated with students who are not disabled; and 2. Removal of students with disabilities from the regular educational environment occurs only when the nature of severity of the disability is such that education in regular classes with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily and is the decision of the IEP team. Wicomico County Schools must also ensure that: 1. A continuum of alternative placements is available: a. To the extent necessary to implement the IEP, and b. To meet the unique needs of students with disabilities for special education and health related services 2. Alternative placements include the settings as listed in regulation; and 3. Provisions for supplementary aids and services are available in conjunction with general education. Schools with self-contained programs include (this program requires): • Beaver Run Elementary • Bennett Middle • Delmar Elementary • East Salisbury Elementary

• Fruitland Intermediate • James M. Bennett High • North Salisbury Elementary • Parkside High • Pemberton Elementary • Pinehurst Elementary

• Salisbury Middle • Wicomico Middle • Wicomico High

Wicomico County Public Schools Educational Facilities Master Plan FY 2022

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