Eric Mason, the city’s chief analyst, said that number would increase every year. Under the proposed setup, including the additional costs of the new school, the district is expected to save $350,000 in the first year. Quincy Public Schools must pay for students sent to out-of-district schools, at a cost of about $120,000 per student annually in tuition and transportation. "If we can provide that intensive one-to-one education or emotional support here in Quincy, that would be great," Perkins said. Many of the students who will attend school in the building are currently spread out among special education programs in five other schools, and officials also think they will be able to bring back dozens of students placed in schools such as the South Shore Collaborative and Melmark New England in Andover. School officials hope the center, which will be named after former School Superintendent Richard DeCristofaro, will be a one-stop shop for special needs students and their families. "We will be primarily focused on our autistic population, students who need intensive, one-to-one support that is hard to provide in a traditional school," Perkins said. Once finished, it will hold much of the district's preschool program and serve between 100 and 150 special education students. An additional appropriation of roughly $14 million for the renovation has not yet been approved by city council. The city council in November approved spending $1.7 million more to outfit it with therapy rooms on every floor, a sensory space, an adapted gym, a life-skills classroom and more. and turn it into a special education center. The city recently spent $6.8 million to buy a massive, three-story building at 180 Old Colony Ave. "I just can't say enough good things about being able to offer these kinds of services to students right here in Quincy." We can't wait," Erin Perkins, Quincy’s director of special education, said on a recent tour of the building. "It's going to be unreal when it's finished. QUINCY – Right now, the giant brick building behind Central Middle School is a hodgepodge of exposed insulation, discarded office furniture and sprawling empty space.īut in a year – thanks to extensive planning by school officials and an $8.5 million appropriation from the city council – the building will be full of life.
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