Fairview Students Celebrate Graduation in Emotional Ceremony

Seven students at Fairview South School in Brookfield are moving on after a graduation ceremony on Wednesday.

Fairview South, which has been in operation for more than four decades, serves students with special needs and cognitive disabilities. 

"Our goal is really to provide top quality education, and the unique opportunities for students that cannot be met in their home school setting," Fairview Director Stacy Gahan said. 

The school is part of the Waukesha County Special Education Cooperative, and students are able to attend through the school year that they turn 21, Gahan said. Relationships with students are developed over the years.

"We have students who come back to homecomings and spring flings, we have students who are adults who come back," Gahan said, "there's definitely a connection there with the families."