Aiken County Special Education Model Gains National Notoriety
Aiken County’s Kalmia Hill School and linked programs serve deaf blind, mentally disabled, emotionally disturbed, and learning challenged students from preschool through adulthood. Officials credit integrated classrooms, itinerant teachers, 30 resource rooms, and self contained classes for high job placement and long term mainstreaming. The program claims top national rankings for rehabilitation and placement with 668 locals employed last year.
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Aiken County
South Carolina
Kalmia Hill
Oakwood School
Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center
Adult Development Center
Raymond Mizell
Aiken
Barnwell
Edgefield
Bradley
Mizell
Department of Vocational Rehabilitation
Freedman
Ridge Spring Monetta High blends academics with hands on programs
Ridge Spring Monetta High School in Aiken County serves 400 students with elective and vocational tracks. The school emphasizes student led activities, a three level course system, and a 60 percent black enrollment with no racial problems. An active student council oversees seventh period mini courses and various club activities.
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Sara Molen
Ridge Spring
Aiken County
Monetta High School
Roy Whitney
Whitney
Agriculture Department
Wade Nobles
Ridge Spring-Monetta
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Kalmin Hill
Debby Wendel
Oakwood
Craders
George Oakman
Kindell Parrott
Wendell Hall
Monetta High
State Conservation Department
Agricultural Department
Future Farmers of America
Ricky Holston
Ridge Spring-Monetta Kindergarten
Lynne Katonak
Howard Stewart
Bill Watson