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Special education update: district serves 139 students with IEPs; training and staffing emphasized
Summary
Special education director Scott Button reported the district serves 139 students with IEPs and 29 students on 504 plans, outlined staffing levels (7 case managers, paraeducators, IBI team) and described annual training on CPI, G-tube feeding and seizure protocols.
Scott Button, reporting for the district's special education program, told trustees the department currently serves 139 students with individualized education programs (IEPs) and 29 students under Section 504.
Button outlined staffing and services: seven case managers, multiple paraeducators (Para I and Para II), intensive behavior interventionists (IBI), a contracted speech-and-language provider, a school psychologist and mental-health clinicians. He described program offerings — RSP supports, life-skills and transition courses — and highlighted annual training topics including toileting, seizure protocol, G-tube feeding and de-escalation. Button said the department is updating procedures to address disproportionality and exploring MTSS strategies to better serve students in general education settings.
Button called classified staff "the heart of the department," emphasizing flexibility, connections with students and the need for ongoing CPI and para training.
