TrueNorth Educational Cooperative 804 is moving towards extensive reorganization and restructuring, a notable turn after facing seemingly certain dissolution earlier this year.

TrueNorth provides education services to students with special needs in southeastern Lake County, such as those with autism, anxiety, developmental delays, emotional or behavioral disabilities, and other issues.

According to TrueNorth’s leadership, it works with 225 students — whether at their home schools or at TrueNorth’s campus in Highland Park — served by 220 instructional staffers across all its programs.

Earlier this year, several member districts had moved to withdraw from the district, having expanded their own special education programs and services in the decades since the cooperative was founded, and a

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