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October 20, 2009

L-L elementary autism class approved

REBECCA BRIA rbria@timesleader.com

LEHMAN TWP. – The Lake-Lehman School District has received approval from the state to form an elementary autism class, Superintendent James McGovern announced Monday evening.

McGovern said the in-school elementary autism class is expected to have six students and is set to start at the beginning of the 2010-11 school year.

“A lot of research indicates one in 20 students could be diagnosed with autism in the next 10 years,” he said.

A secondary life-skills program began in the district two years ago, and an elementary life-skills class started this school year. McGovern said the district’s goal is to keep more of its special-needs students in their own schools.

The school board authorized the advertisement for an elementary autism teacher with employment to begin at the start of the second half of the current school year.

In other business, Maureen Devin, of Harveys Lake, was hired as an elementary teacher at Lake-Noxen Elementary School at a salary of $39,179. Dwayne Kalinay, of Plymouth, was hired as a secondary biology teacher at a salary of $42,291.

Others hired include Bertha Ely, of Noxen, as a food service worker at Lehman-Jackson Elementary School, at a rate of $9.25 per hour, and Leonard Kislavage, of Sweet Valley, as a custodian at the junior/senior high school, at a rate of $9.50 per hour.

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