Oak Park is a wonderful environment for special needs students.
Our school is divided into a number of teams, which are assistive in helping us determine appropriate placements for students. Each team has a Leader who works closely with the school's ESE Liaison to try to balance classes, review files and see that students' individual needs can be met in a particular environment, and who communicates needs back and forth between team members and administration. Our school was delighted to receive a number of grants last year, including one from the Venice Foundation to promote literacy. This is an area on which Oak Park is focusing attention, although we have goals in many more areas as listed in our School Improvement Plan. A copy of this year's plan and last year's report will be available on the Net in the near future.