Programming at the center, which officially opens in March, will concentrate on three preparation areas: employment education and independent living.
According to a news release from Lake Zurich Community Unit District 95, the facility will provide programs for students with Individualized Education Plans IEPs who are eligible for transition services after their high school graduation. We're so proud that we can have the resources for taxpayers to build to make a facility like this into reality. Previously, transition services were provided to these students within the existing high school, but space was limited, according to Executive Director of Communications Jean Malek.
Malek noted many other districts in the area have separate facilities or at least dedicated spaces within the existing high school to serve this function. They deserve their own space, their own opportunity to grow and learn into adulthood.
Illinois state Superintendent of Education Tony Sanders, who was among dignitaries on hand at the ceremony, said he recently submitted a budget including students from for the first time. Previously, the state budget only allotted for K students. Several students who expect to participate in the programming were on hand at the ceremony and said they were looking forward to a space where they can learn life skills like cooking, paying taxes, socializing and more.
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