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Under the Shared Service agreement, the Military School Districts' Special Education Cooperative serves students residing on the military installation of Fort Sam Houston, Lackland, and Randolph Field Independent School Districts. The Cooperative’s mission is to ensure that children identified with disabilities receive an appropriate educational program tailored to their specific needs. To achieve this objective, the Cooperative facilitates coordination among staff, resources, as well as policies and procedures across the three school districts on the military installation.
The Military School Districts’ Cooperative supports the districts in equipping our families, educators, and support staff with the necessary tools to aid children with special needs. Our aim is to ensure they have equal opportunities to participate in activities fostering their academic, physical, and social-emotional development.
The Military School Districts’ Cooperative serves military families stationed on Fort Sam Houston, Lackland and Randolph Field ISD. Annually there is an average mobility rate of 30% due to military moves and relocations (PCS). While these moves can happen at any time, a significant portion occurs between July and September, and again between December and January. Because of the transient nature of our military family population, the Cooperative reserves its capacity for resident student enrollment.
It is the philosophy of the Military School Districts’ Cooperative that special education is the part of public education that assures that all eligible students with disabilities receive a free appropriate public education within the least restrictive environment. The districts also endorse the concept that students with disabilities shall be educated with their non-disabled peers to the greatest extent appropriate and that special education is an integral part of the total educational program. All students, regardless of the special need or condition, shall be provided a well-balanced curriculum which includes essential knowledge and skills that represent core knowledge, skills and competencies that all students should learn to be effective and productive members of society.
Students with special needs shall be instructed in the same essential knowledge and skills as their non-disabled peers in a manner appropriate to their needs. Special curriculum objectives are provided when necessary to meet the needs of eligible students with disabilities that cannot be instructed with the same essential knowledge and skills as non-disabled peers. The districts ensure that programs for special populations are coordinated with and are an integral part of the total instructional program. The districts are committed to meeting individual student needs through communication and collaboration among general education staff, special education staff, and parents. An array of instructional services is provided which allows learning in an environment that is most appropriate and least restrictive to meet each student’s needs.
