Area school districts to conduct special education public meeting

PRINCETON — A public meeting conducted by area school districts to discuss plans for providing special education services to students with disabilities who attend private schools and home schools within the district for the 2008-09 school year will be held at 9 a.m. Oct. 9 at the BMP Special Education Cooperative offices, 526 Bureau Valley Parkway, Suite D, Princeton.

If you are a parent of a home-schooled student who has been or may be identified with a disability and you reside within the boundaries of the following districts, you are urged to attend.

The school districts represented are Bureau Valley CUSD, Cherry Grade School, Dalzell Grade School, DePue Unit Schools, Hall High School, Henry-Senachwine CUSD, Ladd Grade School, LaMoille CUSD, Leepertown Grade School, Malden Grade School, Midland CUSD, Ohio High School, Ohio Grade School, Princeton Elementary Schools, Princeton High School and Spring Valley Elementary School.

If you have further questions pertaining to this meeting, contact Gwen Garver, BMP director of special education, at (815) 875-2645.