Lakeland,WI: $2.1M for two new autism schools

Nov 28, 2017, Rhinelander, WI, WXPR (Public Radio): $2.1 million Initial Cost Projected For Two Lakeland Charter Schools http://wxpr.org/post/21-million-initial-cost-projected-two-lakeland-charter-schools#stream/0 A three-year commitment to host two charter schools for those living with autism in 7th-12th grades will cost Lakeland area schools $2.1 million, according to a financial projection prepared by school officials. The Lakeland Union High School (LUHS) board of education Monday, Nov. 27 unanimously voted to seek state approval for the two charter schools. Funding however has not been addressed with a vote. The charter schools partnership would comprise LUHS, Lac du Flambeau Elementary School, Arbor Vitae-Woodruff Elementary School, North Lakeland Elementary School, and Minocqua-Hazelhurst-Lake Tomahawk Elementary School. The Northern Wisconsin School/Academy for the Diverse Learner, as it will be called, would have an initial enrollment of 18 between the two charter schools for the 2018-19 school year. The NW School would have six students from each of the seventh and eighth grades. The NW Academy would have six students from ninth grade (following two years, from 9th-12th grades). While the charters would be open to all students, the desired enrollments are those living with Asperger’s Syndrome and others on the autism spectrum….