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The mission of the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Exceptional Children's Division (NC DPI EC Division) is to ensure that students with disabilities develop intellectually, physically, emotionally, and vocationally through the provision of an appropriate individualized education program in the least restrictive environment.
Union County Public Schools Exceptional Children's Program provides specially designed instruction and programming designed to meet the needs of students with disabilities according to federal and state mandates of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. We are dedicated to providing quality specially-designed instruction to all students with disabilities through special education and related services.
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The Coffee Nut Opens
The Monroe High School Transition to Adulthood Class helped re-open the Coffee Nut on Feb. 22 with UCPS Superintendent Dr. Andrew Houlihan in attendance. The shop reopened after a three-year hiatus as a district-wide initiative for students to learn job skills and receive vocational training. The Coffee Nut provides vocational rehabilitation training for participating students.
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Rock Rest teacher named Exceptional Children Teacher of Excellence
Megan Gutelius, an Exceptional Children’s (EC) teacher at Rock Rest Elementary, has been named a 2022–2023 Exceptional Children’s Teacher of Excellence.
