Special Ed Survey

Update: 2/14: I found some Special Ed info in another thread and wanted to add it here for more visibility:

Here is some information on upcoming meetings: Special Education Small Group Parent Meetings with Carla Santorno, Chief Academic Officer
and Fred Row, Interim Special Education Director/Consultant


Seattle Public Schools invites parents of children receiving special education services to attend a continuation of small group gatherings with Carla Santorno, Chief Academic Officer, and Fred Row, Interim Special Education Director/Consultant. The topic of the meetings will center around special education services for the 2009-2010 school year.


The meetings will be held at the John Stanford Center, 2445 Third Avenue South on the following dates and times:


February 24th 7:00 – 8:30 pm room 2010
February 25th 7:00 – 8:30 pm room 2750
March 10th 7:00 – 8:30 pm room 2010
March 11th 10:00 – 11:30 am room 2700


The meetings will be limited to 15 participants. Please RSVP to Pam Klopfer at 252-0054 or paklopfer@seattleschools.org.

I received this survey information from the Washington State PTSA:

INFORMATION SOUGHT FROM PARENTS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS

The Special Education Support Center is surveying parents so that to better address the needs of families of special education students. Please ask your members who are parents of children in special education programs to go to the link below and complete Survey #2. It will only take a few minutes of your time. They would like to have at least 100 responses by February 15, 2009. To take the survey, click on the following link: http://www.specialeducationsupportcenter.org/families_caregivers/parentsurvey.html


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