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Article: Preschool program invites special-needs students; Bellevue district: Educators believe regular-education students also will benefit

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March 18, 2002
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BELLEVUE, Iowa - A new preschool program for the Bellevue Community School District will have special-needs students and their regular-education peers studying together and learning from each other.

District officials hope all students will acquire more than academic skills through the "reverse integration" program.

"The regular-ed students will benefit from the in-school, pre- academic emphasis, and the special-needs students will progress from the interaction with the regular-ed students," said Bellevue Elementary Principal Marion "Junior" Miller.

The school district started an early-childhood special-education program two years ago for 4- and 5-year-olds with special needs. The ...

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