Community Based Instruction / Self Contained Classroom

I was assigned to teach a classroom with students with a CBI background and with students coming from inclusion with resource pullout. Is is really normal to create a class for students who need to learn more functional skills and for other students who are slower to retain academic work?

This have been a great dilemma for me this year. I would like to have a more academic class or a more functional skills class. I don't want both.