{"id":205,"date":"2022-11-16T18:15:46","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T19:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=205"},"modified":"2023-02-21T04:27:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T04:27:42","slug":"special-needs-scholarship-program-grows-statewide-and-at-kettle-moraine-lutheran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=205","title":{"rendered":"Special Needs Scholarship Program grows statewide and at Kettle Moraine Lutheran"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post originally appeared at https:\/\/schoolchoicewi.org\/wisconsins-special-needs-scholarship-program-a-choice-program-is-growing-check-in-with-the-trend-at-kettle-moraine-lutheran-high\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Kettle Moraine Lutheran High, in Jackson, Wisconsin. (Submitted)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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KML has grown in recent years. The school is holding an open house on Nov. 20, 2022, 1 to 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Wisconsin\u2019s choice enrollment is growing. This is no surprise to School Choice Wisconsin given the widespread embrace of educational freedom in Wisconsin and around the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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We are especially pleased to see the growth of the Special Needs Scholarship Program (SNSP), one of Wisconsin\u2019s four choice programs. The program went from a headcount of 1,759 in 2021\u201322 to 2,217 in 22\u201323, growing more than 25 percent in one year.<\/span> One school that\u2019s embracing the program is Kettle Moraine Lutheran<\/a> in Jackson. That school \u2014 with its beautiful facilities and setting \u2014 has seen its SNSP enrollment go from zero in 2017\u201318 to 29 in 22\u201323.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Narrative switch<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cThis year was a huge jump for us. I think the biggest class we\u2019ve had up to this point has been six, the group that just graduated last year. I gained 15 freshmen this year and I\u2019ve never had that many come in,\u201d said special education specialist and Learning Center Administrator Sheila Krause during a recent ChoiceWords visit to the school.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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KML President Jamie Luehring<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cWe continue to see growing numbers because we\u2019ve switched that narrative where people think private schools don\u2019t serve kids with special needs. We have been able to give both a Christian education and a high-quality education to these kids who have come to us and that\u2019s been a major blessing,\u201d said Jamie Luehring, Kettle Moraine Lutheran president and a champion of choice who serves as chair of School Choice Wisconsin Action\u2019s board.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The <\/span>school maintains the Learning Center in the school\u2019s old library to serve special needs students and others who need a boost at any time.\u00a0<\/span>\u201cThe idea behind it is you\u2019re going to have kids who struggle, whether it\u2019s special needs, or whether they\u2019re sick and they need support or there\u2019s some mental health stuff going on, or they just have low motivation for school, and we need to help them move,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The program has grown from two workers to 16.<\/span> <\/b>\u201cWe have a full-time counselor on staff who started last year, so there\u2019s a lot of mental health support,\u201d said Luehring. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI\u2019ve been very impressed by the support by the board, the administration and the faculty. The faculty really has come a long way in understanding what we do up here,\u201d said Krause.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The school has partnered with the West Bend School District and West Bend Mutual Insurance <\/span>in Project SEARCH, a program that helps children with disabilities in Washington County gain marketable job skills.<\/span> Sometimes students will come for a fifth year for this program.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe big thing for me is, back in the old days, Christian education or this values education was not possible for students in this bucket. And parents are just so thankful that they can have it,\u201d says Luehring.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2018Finding what they want\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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KML special education specialist and Learning Center Administrator Sheila Krause<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The school has just over 550 students this year and has grown by 170 students over the last nine years. It has more than 170 students in choice programs. The school exceeded expectations in its 2021\u201322 DPI <\/span>Report Card<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School is supported by a federation of 27 WELS\/ELS churches and their schools. The school pulls from seven counties and 17 school districts, as far north as Fond du Lac and from Milwaukee. The school has busing in some areas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cPeople are finding what they want here. They\u2019re able to see the values that we teach and we preach and that we share with families and they want to be a part of it. It\u2019s a place where anytime people come and visit, they always say, \u2018man, is everybody nice around here.\u2019 We have a strong culture of joy, love and family that people want to be a part of.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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ChoiceWords is pleased to see the Special Needs Scholarship Program grow in Jackson and the state. Spread the word to any parent looking for the right environment for their children.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2014 School Choice Wisconsin<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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