Port St. Lucie, FL: Ground breaking at new autism school for 200
- The end of childhood
- Dec 11, 2025
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Dec 10, 2025, WQSC, Ft. Pierce, FL: Ground breaks on new autism-focused school in Port St. Lucie
St. Lucie County commissioners and other local officials joined educators on Dec. 9 to break ground on the Treasure Coast School for Autism, a new campus planned to open before the start of the 2026 school year. School leaders said Port St. Lucie’s rapid growth has created a need for expanded services for students with autism.
“We took a look at that, we looked at the numbers, we worked with the school district to see if this was an appropriate placement of our replication, and they have been unbelievably supportive in encouraging and in supporting us to open up our school,” said Ann Eisenberg, regional executive director of the Palm Beach School for Autism, the sister school to the upcoming St. Lucie campus.
Eisenberg said the school will open ahead of the next school year with preschool through second grade and will add a grade each year as students advance.
“We plan on opening in August of 2026 for preschool through second grade, and then add grades each year as the kids obviously move from one grade to the next, with eventually our building to have just a little over 200 kids from preschool through fifth grade,” she said.
A second phase will follow, expanding the campus to serve older students. . . .
Looking ahead, the school hopes eventually to expand its services even further.
“A dream is to build a community day program for students who age out of school for 22 and up,” Eisenberg said.
While not definitive, school officials tentatively expect all phases of the campus to be completed within seven years and to accommodate about 400 students.
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