Hidden Resource

Just outside the town of Cambridge about 1/2 mile is a small building of pleasant appearance. Inside this building, many children gather monday thru friday to recieve an education. These children come from all around: Cambridge, Isanti, Princeton, Mora, Ogilvie, North Branch and Braham. The children range in age from kindergarden to age 21. The school they attend is called Rum River South (RRS).
The school is a behavorioal monitoring center. It serves students who have been dismissed from school or are returning from an outside institution (such as treatment), ready to begin school again. It also has an expanding autism wing. The school is operated by approximately 10 teachers, 1 principal, 2 behavioral manager specialists and about 8 academic behvioral managers (ABM). The goal for all students at RRS is to earn "mainstream" school back as they learn new ways to control and improve their behaviors. They start with one or two classes and gradually increase their mainstream load until they are full time students at mainstream school. RRS works one on one with each student to assure the student's success. If behaviors flare up during the process of earning mainstream classes- the classes are taken away until the behavior's improve.
This wonderful school is a much needed and much appreciated resource for students, teachers, schools, social workers and other professionals working with children in need of extra educational assistance.