Kindergarten students at St. Basil with autism and other needs will get extra help making the transition to school starting in September.

Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board is earmarking $150,000 to help an estimated eight to 12 students starting their education during the 2025-26 school year.

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“ This is us trying to be proactive,” director of education Fil Lettieri told reporters following a special meeting of trustees last Thursday. Trustees backed the proposal.

Speech-language pathologist Lori Ivey will deliver the school readiness program. She did similar work with Algoma Public Health, said Lettieri. Ivey submitted the only proposal for the board’s new program when a request for proposal went out in mid-July.

Participating students will be split into

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