SPECIAL EDUCATION

Special Education programs and services at Northeast Metro 916 are highly specialized to respond to our member districts’ students with the most challenging needs. Highly-structured, supportive learning environments help students reach their academic, social, emotional, behavior and communication goals.

TOTAL ENROLLMENT: 793

Enrollment in Northeast Metro 916 special education site-based programs are on a referral basis only, with students being referred by their home districts.

%

Students of color

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Free & reduced lunch

SPEDFY19

PROGRAM ENROLLMENT

The number of students indicated in this report reflect a duplicated headcount, meaning that if a student un-enrolls and re-enrolls during the same school year, they are counted twice. We represent the data this way because it more accurately represents the staff time, funding and resources required to run our programs.

■ = Member districts    ■ = Non-members

AOFY19

Auditory/Oral Program *
(Stillwater)
Serving children from birth to kindergarten with hearing loss

ACFY19

Assessment Center
(Little Canada)
Grades 5-12

BECFY19

Bellaire Education Center
(White Bear Lake)
Serving students grades 6-12 with ASD and EBD

KBECFY19

Karner Blue Education Center
(Blaine)
Serving students grades K-8 with
ASD and EBD

PECFY19

Pankalo Education Center
(Lake Elmo)
Serving students in grades K-8 with ASD and EBD

PRFY19

Project Return
(Little Canada)
Short-term program for students facing suspension/expulsion

QHSFY19

Quora High School
(Little Canada)
Serving students in grades 9-12 with ASD, EBD, DCD

SCFY19

South Campus
(White Bear Lake)
Serving students grades 6-12 with
ASD and DCD

Sun2019

Sunflower
(White Bear Lake)
Early childhood mental health and education program for ages 3-5

WNFY19

WELS-North
(Vadnais Heights)
Work experience program for ages
18 - 21 with ASD, EBD, DCD

WSFY19

WELS-South
(Little Canada)
Work experience & life skills for ages
18 - 21 with DCD, ASD, SMI

SPECIAL EDUCATION SPOTLIGHT

Therapy in the classroom? One school district says it works.

Everything in the Educational Mental Health Classrooms (EMHCs), from the tone of the lights to the type of schoolwork students do in the mornings, has been designed to meet the needs of students whose mental illnesses regularly interfere with their classroom learning. It is the result of a unique partnership between Northeast Metro 916 Intermediate School District and Canvas Health that is aimed at helping students manage their mental health symptoms so they can regulate their behavior and engage in learning. “Students with untreated mental health needs are not able to learn to their full potential,” said Rachel Goossens, Canvas Health supervisor. “We’re here to change their trajectory.”

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