Granbury, TX: Elem school adds new SPED program

Aug 22, 2023, Granbury, TX, Hood County News: AES to provide special education program on campus this fall https://www.hcnews.com/news/aes-to-provide-special-education-program-on-campus-this-fall/article_620daf2c-41b5-11ee-a422-dfaa82bdca1c.html

A new change at Acton Elementary School will soon serve as a huge benefit for special need students.

Beginning this fall, AES will start housing a special education program on campus — a program that has previously only been available at STEAM Academy at Mambrino.

“We actually are taking some of the special education programming from Mambrino and bringing it over here, which we're very excited about,” said AES Principal Maggie Walton. “It will allow students to be closer to their home campus.”

Last year, students in the program who lived on the Acton side of Granbury had to ride a bus across town to the Mambrino campus, as AES didn’t have the necessary qualifications to educate students with disabilities….