PORT ST. LUCIE — St. Lucie County commissioners and other local officials joined educators on Dec. 9 to break ground on the Treasure Coast School for Autism, a new campus planned to open before the start of the 2026 school year. School leaders said Port St. Lucie’s rapid growth has created a need for expanded services for students with autism.
“We took a look at that, we looked at the numbers, we worked with the school district to see if this was an appropriate placement of our replication, and they have been unbelievably supportive in encouraging and in supporting us to open up our school,” said Ann Eisenberg, regional executive director of the Palm Beach School for Autism, the sister school to the upcoming St. Lucie campus.
Eisenberg said the school will open ahead of the next school year with preschool through second grade and will add a grade each year as students advance…