Trustees to Discuss Plan to Move Students
Oxnard Union High School District trustees will consider a plan tonight to move emotionally disabled students from nonpublic schools onto Rio Mesa High School’s campus starting next spring.
The program, which would save the district $250,000 a year, had met with resistance among some Rio Mesa teachers and parents who worried that the students would pose a safety threat.
The students are now being sent to nonpublic schools--at an average cost of $38,000 per student per year--because there is no room for them in Ventura County programs, said Special Education Director Peggy Nadin. The board meets at 6 p.m. at the district office, 220 S. K St.
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