High Road School at 71 Town Square
Dean Brown | The Lima News
LIMA — High Road School at 71 Town Square is a chartered, non-public school serving students with disabilities in kindergarten through 12th grade. The school had a ribbon cutting and open house celebrating the fact that all students are now housed in one building instead of three.
Anna Boggs, regional director for the school said, “I think being in the dead center of Lima has a lot of advantages. Opportunities for our students to connect with the outside community as opposed to just being in our own school. They get to go out to meet the neighbors. We’re trying to form partnership opportunities for them so they have those people outside of us to support them.”
High Road will teach any student who has been identified by his or her district as having a disability and for whom the district has a current Individualized Instructional Plan. These students qualify for the Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship. The scholarship provides funds for tuition and other related services. Students identified with autism by their local district with an IEP in place can qualify for a scholarship through the Ohio Department of Education.
Ethan Percer, director of operations for the schools in Ohio, repeated the value of being downtown. “We’re looking at getting out and about, just trying to see where our students fit in. Maybe even some job shadowing, some things to get some experiences outside of the classroom. Also just being able to talk and interact with people in the community because that’s the stuff they are working on.”
High Road Schools operate in Lima, Findlay, Bucyrus, and Cincinnati.
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