Parents pack Arlington School Board meeting in effort to save special education program

001now to a story that's all new tonight just within the past couple of hours parents packed an Arlington County Schoolboard meeting hoping to save a special needs program they say has made all the difference in their children's lives it's called integration station and it's run in partnership with a nonprofit called The Children's School that offers flexible classroom settings the school board is looking to end that program and place students in traditional schools saving about 1 million dollar but parents tell us integration station is priceless it's heaven it's heaven to see my son happy healthy and safe and thriving it's a gem of the county and it's extremely successful to close it would be a huge mistake another public hearing is set for next month and the budget won't be adopted until May 1st at the earliest we're going to stay on top of this as the budget process unfolds of course