Original Research by School Decision on Lasalle Putnam Alliance
LaSalle Putnam Alliance is a special education joint agreement, or cooperative, that operates across LaSalle and Putnam Counties in Illinois. It is not a traditional school district with residential attendance boundaries. Instead, it serves 27 member districts across both counties, providing specialized services and operating one school, Circuit Breaker, which focuses on students with specific educational needs.
Because LaSalle Putnam Alliance is a cooperative rather than a district students live in, the typical measures of school performance—state proficiency data, graduation rates, attendance patterns, and per-pupil spending—were not available in the data. These metrics apply to the individual member districts from which students are referred, not to the cooperative itself. The cooperative's role is to offer services and a specialized setting that member districts may access for students who require programming outside their home district schools.
Circuit Breaker School, the alliance's operating school, is based in Peru. The school is listed as operational and open. A parent or family considering referral to this school would need to work through their home district's special education department, as placement in a cooperative program typically follows an Individualized Education Program (IEP) process and requires that determination.
Detailed information about Circuit Breaker's specific programs, student population, curriculum focus, and support services was not available in the data provided. A parent considering this option would want to contact either the school directly, the LaSalle Putnam Alliance administrative offices, or their own district's special education coordinator to learn what services the school offers, what student needs it is designed to serve, how placement decisions are made, and what the student experience looks like day to day.
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