Omaha, NE: New $10M school for kids with "complex needs"; "most of the...students aren't verbal"

May 26, 2018, Fairfield Citizen, Norwalk, CT: New Omaha school designed for students' sensory needs https://www.fairfieldcitizenonline.com/news/article/New-Omaha-school-designed-for-students-sensory-12946210.php A $10 million school specifically designed to meet the complex needs of Omaha students with cognitive and physical disabilities has opened. The new J.P. Lord School welcomed teachers and about 60 students, ranging in age from 5 to 21, earlier this month, the Omaha World-Herald reported . Most of the school's students aren't verbal, some have feeding tubes and many have limited mobility. "It's just a friendly, friendly space," said Laura Mac-Holmes, the school's principal. "It's all about the sensory curriculum — what we see, what we hear, what we smell, what we taste, what we feel." The school is equipped with a therapy pool that allows students to stretch and work their muscles. …