Rose Turk stands impatiently at Frances Meadows Aquatic Center, waiting for her sunscreen application. She says she is excited to be a recent high school graduate, and looking forward to beginning a training program in the fall, but at the moment all she cares about is getting into the cool, refreshing water.\ Turk, 20, was one of the few students to earn a special education diploma in this year’s class of graduates, and is an example of how the school systems are working with students, teachers and parents to make the transition between school and career easier for disabled students. She graduated this year because, as her mother put it, “it was time.”