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Charms Collaborative at risk of closing

By Jennette Barnes

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  May 17, 2012

Parents of disabled children were worried to learn last week of an impending vote, scheduled for June 1, on whether to dissolve the Charms Collaborative, a regional public education program for students who cannot attend classes with their nondisabled peers. Lower enrollment has caused a six-figure budget deficit in the program, leading the board of directors — composed of school superintendents in Avon, Canton, Holbrook, Milton, Sharon, and Stoughton — to weigh their options, including closing the program.

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