| Students who attend the Columbus School
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| district may rest easy knowing that they
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| | Special Transportation Services, Speech
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| study in an area that is doing all it can
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| | and Language Therapy, and Supervisory
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| to ensure they receive an excellent
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| | Services. Columbus Schools are
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| education. District leaders are striving
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| | implementing many other innovative
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| to make their schools top notch; from
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| | programs. Among them is a centralized
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| opening new schools to offering a
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| | Pre-Kindergarten program, which will
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| plethora of programs throughout the
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| | provide school readiness activities for
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| Columbus School district. But how close
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| | students close to entering kindergarten.
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| are they to meeting the district's
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| | Also, the creation of an Autism Program
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| mission statement?: 'Each student is
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| | in Columbus Schools has been recommended
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| highly educated, prepared for leadership
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| | by the Autism Task Force. It would
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| and service, and empowered for success as
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| | consist of six classrooms which would
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| a citizen in a global community". While
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| | serve students at the preschool and
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| there is still work to be done, some
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| | kindergarten level. The program would be
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| great results are starting to show.
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| | served by an "Autism Team" consisting of
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| Newsweek's Top High Schools annual report
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| | a school psychologist, a speech &
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| shows some evidence of this improvement.
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| | language pathologist, an occupational
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| Two of Columbus Schools' high schools,
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| | therapist, and a physical therapist.
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| Columbus Alternative High School and
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| | Also, the Columbus Children's Hospital of
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| Centennial High School remained in the
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| | Behavioral Health would provide
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| magazine's top five percent nationwide
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| | consultation, professional development,
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| for the second year in a row. In
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| | and other resources. Mainstream students
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| addition, the Ohio Teachers of the Year
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| | are not left out of these improvements in
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| in both 2003 and 2005 were Columbus
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| | Columbus Schools. Middle school students
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| Schools' teachers, and the Columbus
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| | can benefit from the "Summer Discovery
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| Schools' district leads the state with
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| | Academy" which strives to meet individual
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| more than 100 National Board Certified
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| | needs in reading, math, science, and
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| Teachers on staff. The Columbus
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| | social studies. The STAR (Science,
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| Schools' district also provides special
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| | Technology, and Algorithms) Academy is a
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| education services to approximately 8,700
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| | Math/Science focus program that is also
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| students; that's 15.5% of the district's
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| | available. The HOTS program (Higher
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| total student population. The Special
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| | Order Thinking Skills) is a regularly
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| Education Department for Columbus Schools
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| | scheduled class within the STAR academy
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| provides academic and behavioral support
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| | for sixth and seventh grade students.
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| to disabled students in order to enable
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| | The Technology and International Studies
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| them to achieve academic excellence in
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| | School for grades 6-12 is another program
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| the general education curriculum. The
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| | that Columbus Schools hope to adopt.
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| department also strives to help its
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| | This program would immerse both students
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| disabled students acquire independent
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| | and teachers in the use of technology for
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| life skills that will prepare them for
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| | learning and teaching. Also available
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| work or college, as applicable. In
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| | within the district are single-gender
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| addition to these goals, Columbus
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| | schools. The possibilities for excellent
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| Schools' students with disabilities may
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| | programs abound throughout the Columbus
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| receive related services, such as:
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| | Schools' district. The only difficulty
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| Adaptive Physical Education, Attendant
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| | may lie in which one to choose!
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| Services, Audiology Services, Braille
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| Orientation/Mobility Training, Parent
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