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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
"You really have some problems,” was the verdict from Kathleen Kerry, assistant state supervisor for special education after an onsite inspection and evaluation of the county’s special education programs.
Kerry’s visit to the elementary school and high school and her appearance at Monday’s board meeting came as the result of a proposal to partition rooms used for special education to provide class space for students returning next year from Piedmont regional school.
With the discontinuance of self-contained learning disabled classes at Piedmont, the board must provide classes locally and currently, the elementary school has no free space, according to the administration. The board approved first the necessary LD teaching position and modular unit to provide the additional classroom but later directed superintendent William Bloomer to develop a detailed plan for dividing the existing special education classrooms and-or instituting split shift kindergarten.
As Bloomer explained, he solicited Kerry’s response prior to submitting anything to the board since plans must meet state approval in order to qualify for state funding.
Kerry did not give a definite yes or no to dividing classrooms but noted that partitioning may violate
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