Wilton, CT: 18% of students have special needs

June 29, 2018, Wilton (CT) Bulletin: Wilton sees higher-than-projected enrollment https://www.wiltonbulletin.com/125834/wilton-sees-higher-than-projected-enrollment/ As of May 1, there were 3,962 students — not including out-of-district and preschoolers — in Wilton’s public schools. While this reflects 50 fewer students enrolled in Wilton schools than last June, it also reflects 52 more students than projected for this school year. The 49 special education students and 30 peer model students enrolled in the Miller-Driscoll Early Learning Center brought the district’s total enrollment for May to 4,041. As of May 1, 571 students were enrolled in special education and 285 were served under Section 504 — a civil rights statute in the Rehabilitation Act that requires “the needs of students with disabilities to be met as adequately as the needs of the non-disabled are met,” according to greatschools.org. According the May enrollment report, the district had the following number of special education students as of the first of each of the following months: • October: 538. • November: 550. • December: 552. • January: 553. • February: 563. • March: 569. • April: 567. The report also shows that the following number of students with Section 504 plans were: • October: 231. • November: 237. • December: 248. • January: 256. • February: 263. • March: 268. • April: 275. Out-of-district This school year, the number of outplaced Wilton public school students ranged from a low of 30 in November to a high of 36 in April. As for hospitalizations, the number of students ranged from zero in November to as high as four in April.