Knox School Board Discusses J.E.S.S.E. Reorganization

Gary Dulin, Jerry Fletcher, Harold Welter, Mary Lynn Ritchie, Kirk Bennett, Nathan Marcum, Mike Yankauskas, Superintendent A.J. Gappa

The Knox Community School Board members discussed the J.E.S.S.E. reorganization at their meeting Monday night.

Superintendent A.J. Gappa explains the reasoning behind the reorganization of the special education cooperative.

“Some people thinks it’s to save money, but that’s not the case,” said Gappa. “It’s for the best interest of the students. We wanted students to travel less so we’ve tried to keep the students in their home schools as much as possible. If they do have to go to a different site, then we will make that travel as little as possible.”

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