July 16, 2017, NorthJersey.com: Passaic Valley High to expand special needs services
http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/passaic/little-falls/2017/07/17/passaic-valley-high-expand-special-needs-services/466488001/
The district plans to add three staff members to its special education department.
They will be assigned to work with special needs students and to co-teach with a general education teacher in the mainstream classrooms.
More special education staff members are being hired to handle the increase in special needs students who will be coming to Passaic Valley High School in the 2017-18 school year. The school will be getting 37 students with special needs. …
The district will be adding a multiple-disabilities class for students who have more than one classification, Cardillo said. ...
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