Barrington Area Unit District 220 will lease space in a village office park in a move that officials say will improve a program helping students with special needs prepare for adult life after graduating from high school.
Students 18 to 22 years old who meet eligibility requirements set by the state and federal government may attend the district’s transition program. The special education students have an opportunity to receive vocational training and development while gaining skills to allow them to live as independently as possible.
District 220’s transition program has been based in a Sturtz Street house next door to St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Barrington since 2007. The district has rented the house from the church for $1,000 per month, Superintendent Brian Harris said.
But as the transition program has evolved, so has its space needs, Harris said. District officials conducted a search that ended with the 1,658-square-foot space in an office building at 1525 S. Grove Ave., north of Dundee Road, that will need minor work to accommodate the students in 2019-20.
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