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Special Education
information
The district provides special education services
to 216 students, or about 12.8% of FCSD1’s
current student enrollment. Services are
provided in accordance with the federal
guidelines under the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and American
Disabilities Act (ADA). IDEA mandates how states
and public agencies provide early intervention,
special education and related services and ADA
addresses accommodations, to ensure that all
students have access to a free and appropriate
public education.
There are 13 areas of disability in which a
student can qualify for services: Autism,
Traumatic Brain Injury, Cognitive Disability,
Deaf-Blindness, Developmental Delay, Emotional
Disability, Hearing Impairment, Multiple
Disabilities, Other Health Impairment, Specific
Learning Disability, Orthopedic Disabilities,
Speech Language Impairment, and Visual
Impairment.
The district employs 31 certified staff, 44
classified staff and 5 contract employees to
provide the necessary services identified in
Individual Education Plans for district
students. Special education services are
monitored through the Wyoming Department of
Education to ensure students receive services
and supports identified in their annual
education plans.
The Special Education Department receives state
and federal funds. All general fund expenses are
refunded by the state to the district at 100%;
reimbursement occurs the year after the money
was expended.
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Bus Barn
Each school day FCSD1 operates 20 school bus
routes, transporting 574 students to classes.
The district’s bright yellow and black buses log
1,851 miles each day. With a school year of 175
days, that’s an annual total of 323,925 miles
driven.
The longest bus route in the district covers 308
miles per day, to a ranch east of Jeffrey City
near Split Rock, while the shortest route covers
20 miles each day in and around Lander.
All but one of the school bus routes is served
with a regular bus. The route transporting
students to and from Atlantic City is driven
with a Suburban.
In
addition to regular school bus routes, FCSD1
also operates between six and eight activity
buses throughout the year, logging just over
100,000 miles transporting students across the
state. Field trips within Fremont County
accounted for a total of 29,266 miles last year.
School-sponsored field trips are most popular
during the months of September, April and May.
The district’s transportation department reports
the single day record for field trips totaled 21
buses.
To
maintain the district’s fleet, two mechanics are
on duty each day.
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