Department of Special EducationCapital Improvement Project Initiatives

Purpose

• Department of Special Education Goals

• Target Student Population

• Program Considerations

• Review of Completed Projects

• Future Projects

Prince George’s County Public Schools Goal

• Increase opportunities for students with significant cognitive disabilities

• To achieve a seamless, comprehensive system of coordinated services to children and students birth through 21, and their families.

Separate Day Placements

Prince George’s County Public Schools currently has four separate day placements for students with significant cognitive disabilities:

• Tanglewood Regional School• Margaret Brent Regional School• James E. Duckworth Regional School• C. Elizabeth Rieg

Department of Special Education Goals• Transition students in our separate day placements to

comprehensive schools

• Create a complete feeder system that addresses each of the four separate day placements

• Facilitate the education of students with disabilities in the least restrictive environment

• Increase inclusion with non-disabled peers to the maximum extent possible.

Student Population

• Students with significant Intellectual Disabilities

• Students with significant Orthopedic Disabilities

• Students with Autism

• Students with significant communication delays

• Students who are medically fragile

Other Identified Student Needs

Support Programs and Related Services:• Audiology• Assistive Technology• Speech and Language• Occupational Therapy• Physical Therapy• Nursing Services• Vision Services• Adapted Physical Education/Aquatics

Program Considerations• Small Class Sizes (6-7 students per class)• Large Classrooms• Bathrooms with shower and changing areas• Health suite• Coordinator’s Office• Conference Room• Related Service offices/work space (Speech and Language• OT/PT/APE Room• Large Storage areas• Vocational Training• Sensory Integration rooms• Technology• Adapted Aquatics

Classrooms

•Mobility Equipment (Storage)

• Technology

• Staff (Teachers, Paraprofessionals, ISEAs, DAs)

• Bathrooms with shower/changing area

Health Suite

• Staffed by two full-time nurses

• Daily feeding site for orthopedically impaired students receiving nutrition intravenously, feeding tube

• Provide more isolation and first-aid functions

• Need secure storage of medical supplies and records, disposable diapers, and extra garments

Related Service Needs

• APE/OT/PT Room

• Speech and Language Therapy Room

• Adapted Aquatics facility

Specialized Program Needs

• Vocational Training Room

• Computer Lab

• Sensory Integration Lab

Each program has particular physical requirements, and is ideally provided in a dedicated space.

Inclusion Considerations

• Primary entrance to facility should be through or adjacent to main building entrance

• Convenient access to building food service facilities

• Convenient access to physical education facilities

• Main corridors between these features and the Regionalfacility should be equipped with wall handrails.

Program A and B

Because it is not economically feasible to provide all of the specialized programs, particularly a therapy tank at each regional program school, two separate programs of space requirements have been developed: full-program, “Program A,” and a smaller limited-program, “Program B”

The goal is to provide services for approximately 30-50 students with significant cognitive disabilities at comprehensive schools

Program A

Program B

14,050 square feet

Model CIP Projects

Panorama Elementary School • Program B• 5 Classrooms

Surrattsville High School• Program B• 5 Classrooms

Future High School Facilities

Oxon Hill HS• Program B• 5 Classrooms

Fairmont HS • Program B• 5 Classrooms

High Point HS• Program B• 5 Classrooms

Future Middle Schools

Stephen Decatur Middle School• Program B• 5 Classrooms

Charles Carroll Middle School• Program B• 7 classrooms

Future Elementary SitesClinton Grove Elementary• Program A• 7 classrooms

James E. Duckworth Elementary• Comprehensive Elementary School• Program A• 7 classrooms

Margaret Brent Elementary • Comprehensive Elementary School• Program A• 7 classrooms

Questions?

Joan Rothgeb, Director of Special EducationJohn Carroll Elementary301-618-8338

Scott Geist, Coordinating Supervisor, Support Programs and Services

John Carroll Elementary301-618-8337