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Our District

Trusted partner for specialized services

Our member school districts have trusted us for more than 50 years to provide specialized student services that help all students succeed in school and beyond. At District 287, we develop programs and services based on the specific requests and needs of each school district and its students.

We are experts in:

  • Special Education
  • Alternative Learning Academies (ALCs)
  • Transition Services
  • Career and Technical Education
  • Itinerant Services
  • Care & Treatment
  • Online Learning
  • Gifted Education
Superintendent Marcy Doud reading with a student
A student puts a golf ball into a hole at the North Education Center Carnival
A student who is blind and low vision speaks at a school board meeting
Three staff hold up a frame that says first day of school
A student paints at the north education center family night
A blind and low vision staff member presents to the school board
A student assists a staff with bingo at south education center's family night
A student hugs a therapy dog
A vendor at the equity entrepreneur fair hands a business card to a student
Four students grab food from the career and tech center culinary class
Two students pose with Sideena Grace, a scientist, engineer, author, and speaker,
A student high fives his classmates
A student and staff hold apple cider
A graduate and west education center principal at the podium
Two students and a staff member play bingo and south education center's family night
A student holds a yellow triangle at south education center's family night
Staff and students in a hallway at Ann Bremer Education Center
Two students present their festival of nations country board
A graduate and staff members at Ann Bremer Education Center's commencement ceremony
Two graduates and a staff member at Ann Bremer Education Center's commencement
Three students and a staff member outside of the developmental adaptive physical education center carnival
Two staff members at Ann Bremer Education Center
A group of students at career and tech center's culinary class
A graduate speaking at Ann Bremer Education Center's commencement ceremony
Students in the auto body pathways program watch Mike Iverson give a demonstration on custom painting
A graduate and their family member
A graduate and group of staff at the podium during career and tech center's commencement ceremony
Three staff members and Jason Walz, a graphic novelist, holding his book
A student high fives a Somali dance troupe member
Four staff member stand under a graphic of the strategic plan
Two staff members outside of Ann Bremer Education Center
Staff and students at North Education Center's family night
A student smiles
A festival of nations poster board about Australia
Two students at North Education Center's family night
A mother and her two children at South Education Center's Somali Dance Troupe Performance

We meet the needs of every unique learner

We work with the family and home school district to create a customized school program for each student. Our specialized schools are known for:

  • Expert classroom and educational staff who are experts in special education, mental health, and trauma
  • Specialized support staff such as counselors, mental health staff, nurses, social workers, and psychologists.
  • Strong values or restorative justice, positive behavior supports, AVID, and racial equity
  • Helping students to emotionally regulate so they can access learning

Schools

We serve students in a variety of programs within our own schools, as well as within the schools of our member school districts through Itinerant Services.

District 287 Site-based Schools

  • Ann Bremer Education Center
  • North Education Center
  • South Education Center
  • West Education Center 
  • Career & Tech Center

Other Schools/Programs

  • Care and Treatment Programs, which serve students in hospitals, day treatment, and residential programs, as well as adjudicated youth
  • Northern Star Online

How we’re funded

District 287 special education programs operate on a fee-for-service basis. Revenue to fund student services is generated by tuition billing.