Six new special schools to open in 2014 at Berri, Whyalla, Plympton, Munno Para West, Paradise and Port Augusta Education Minister Jennifer Rankine says the program to co-locate the schools will give students with a disability greater access to general education experiences. SIX special schools which have been relocated near mainstream schools will open this year, Education Minister Jennifer Rankine has announced. Three of the six special schools will open this month and another will open in February. The remaining two will open in July and September. Ms Rankine said this would mean the $49 million program's completion was ahead of the initial mid-2015 schedule. The co-located schools opening this month are: RIVERLAND Special School, which moves to new accommodation for 64 students at Glossop High School's Berri campus; WHYALLA Special School which has relocated to Nicolson Avenue Primary School, Whyalla with capacity for 64 students; and ASHFORD Special School, which has relocated to Plympton's William Light R-12 School and will be known as Errington Special Education Centre with a capacity for 128 students. In February, the Elizabeth Special School will be relocated at a new site adjacent to Mark Oliphant College in Munno Para West. It will be known as Adelaide North Special School with a capacity for 136 students. Kensington Centre Special School will relocate to a site adjacent to Charles Campbell College, in Paradise, and will be opened in July. It will be known as Adelaide East Education Centre with capacity for 64 students. The final school to open in September will be the relocated Port Augusta Special School, which will move to Flinders View Primary School with capacity for 64 students. Ms Rankine said the program to co-locate the schools would give students with a disability greater access to general education experiences, including extra-curricular and social activities. Importantly, co-location of special schools allows students with disabilities to develop and build strong links with their peers," she said. The State Government is committed to ensuring people with disabilities play a valuable role in our community. These new facilities take us one step closer in this direction. Not only will these schools benefit students with disabilities, they will give the broader community greater insight, understanding and awareness of disability issues. All of the new special schools will have brand new purpose-built facilities and amenities that will better address the education and care needs of children and students with intellectual and/or physical disabilities in modern facilities.