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Haysville special-education director reports about 1,074 IEPs, pauses platform migration pending task force
Summary
Director Melody Stoie presented a year‑end special education update: the district reported 999 students with IEPs for disabilities and 75 with gifted IEPs (roughly 1,074 total as of Dec. 1); the district paused a planned move from the WebKids IEP platform and will convene a task force next year to evaluate alternatives.
Melody Stoie, Haysville’s director of special education, gave a comprehensive year‑end report to the board describing services, partnerships and planned next steps.
Using December 1 data, Stoie said the district served 999 students with IEPs for disabilities and 75 students with gifted IEPs, for roughly 1,074 individualized education programs. She noted two students attend the Kansas School for the Deaf and described partnerships with Project SEARCH and Tri City Day School that place students in vocational or out-of-district programs.
Stoie said the district refocused the special-education coach role from a compliance emphasis to building-level instructional support, expanded special-education PLCs, improved website procedures and issued a monthly newsletter to centralize resources for staff. She flagged bilingual evaluation training needs for speech-language pathologists and psychologists and said the district plans to bring in a trainer next year.
On technology, Stoie said she paused the planned migration away from the WebKids IEP platform to allow time for staff input and ensure data and training plans are in place. She recommended convening a task force next year to weigh pros and cons and make an informed decision about any future migration.
Stoie characterized the year as collaborative and emphasized continuing efforts to align procedures and increase support for staff and families. The board had no formal action on the report; Stoie will return with routine follow-ups and any task-force recommendations.
