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Links and references to Special Education programs in Boston Public Schools
This page collects information on Special Education in Boston Public Schools
Information on BPS Schools
Page collecting information on special education schools in Boston, called McKinley Schools
Directory of contacts
Asst. Supt. for Special Education & Student Services, John Verre, http://www.bostonpublicschools.org/staff/john-verre
John Verre's consulting firm it looks like he still works there...
Assistant Director, Elementary A - Autism, Melissa Partridge http://www.bostonpublicschools.org/staff/melissa-partridge
Director, Counselling and Intervention Center http://www.bostonpublicschools.org/staff/stephen-squillante
Home & Hospital, Firesense Program, Kevin Deforge http://www.bostonpublicschools.org/staff/kevin-deforge
I think these are central administration people:
List of Special Education Department personnel
Page on "problem solving" suggests calling the following people in order:
- Special Education
- Teacher
- Principal or Headmaster
- School, Family & Community Engagement, 617-635-7750
- Cluster Assistant Program Director (APD) for Special Education, 617-635-8599
- Special Education Office, 617-635-8599
Related Web Sites
Links from BPS Web Sites
Main BPS SPED Page
Guide to Alternative Education Programs in BPS, from 2008
2011 Announcement of changes in BPS SPED programs
Review of SPED in Boston
SPED PAC Phone number: 617-635-8600
Anouncement of new management, 2010
Links from Mass Advocates for Children
Boston School Reform Project
Collection of Documents
The link above includes:
- Transforming the Boston Public Schools - A Roadmap for the New Superintendent
- BPS MCAS Support
- Building Parent Participation
- Estudiantes Latinos
- MCAS Derechos del Estudiante
- Parent-Teacher Conferences in the Elementary Schools (link broken)
- Teaching Our Children To Read
- The Budget of the BPS
BSEA Hearings Involving Boston
Ruling on Haitian family excluded from their own IEP meeting
Second ruling on same case
This looks like an important case where Boston is trying unsuccessfully to dismiss a claim that there is a systemic denial of access to special education information for people who do not speak english.
Other organizations and resources
Boston Parents Organization Network
Full Service Round Table
Other
Bid for some kind of test instrument:
PURCHASE OF A NORM-REFERENCE DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENER". BID# BPS 757
I got the bid and will see if I can get copies of the responses to the bid.
Pages collected under SPED namespace
BSEA:Decisions
Newton Public Schools
Barnstable Public Schools
Boston Public Schools
Northampton Public Schools
Main page