SALEM (AP) — In less than a week, the Oregon School for the Blind will close its 136-year-old campus, and educators are scrambling to prepare parents and students for the move elsewhere.

The school’s 28 students are being scattered to districts throughout the state and some advocates worry that students will suffer as a result.

“We’re very concerned that they’re only going to be getting a small part of what they were getting from the School for the Blind,” said B.T. Kimbrough, vice chairman of the school’s board of directors.

James Spoon is nervous, too. Spoon was one of the students at the school. The legally blind and developmentally disabled 19-year-old will be transitioning to the Salem-Keizer district and does not handle change well.

“I’m hoping that the first day will go pretty smooth,” he said. “I want it to, anyway.”

State lawmakers voted in June to close the school. Supporters of the move said students will get a better education for less money in their home districts.

But with the school year drawing near, about a quarter of the 28 students haven’t settled with their home districts on which services they will receive. Two students have filed legal complaints and others haven’t decided what they’ll do.

Many of the families affected by the closure sought the school out specifically because the services at home weren’t adequate.

“They’re doing their absolute best to accommodate, but the regional programs don’t have the staff or the knowledge to even begin to come close to offer what the school for the blind was offering these children,” said Jeni Canaday, the mother of a 13-year-old blind and autistic child who is transitioning to Bethel School District in Eugene.

The transition already has hit a few snags. District staffers say the summer timeline has moved too fast and there is still confusion about funding, equipment and services.

Legislators put $3 million into a trust, which is administered through the Northwest Regional Education Service District. The district is supposed to provide services and disburse the money, but the process for that hasn’t been worked out.

“Our number-one priority is to make sure there’s a smooth transition,” said Joan Steiner, director of special education for Northwest Regional. “We’re just beginning the conversations with the districts to identify what they need.”

Advocates are watching the transition closely and these sorts of holdups have them worried.

“We don’t think they have enough time to reallocate any services if they were not already in the local district,” Kimbrough said. “We think the transition time is very, very short.”

Other benefits will be lost in the transition. Students who lived at the School for the Blind got both night and day instruction. They learned how to make their bed, match their clothes.

Educators from local districts and regional programs say they’re working hard to accommodate the students. Salem-Keizer, for example, bought $10,000 worth of specialized equipment and is hiring five staffers to work one-on-one with some of the students.

“It seemed like there was nothing happening, but now it’s all started to move,” said Linda Felber, a coordinator of Salem-Keizer student services. “Everyone seems to be working really hard right now.”