Special Education


Director of Special Education Tabatha Elson This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	School Psychologist Lore Rywalski This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Special Education Main Office is located at Hilfiker Elementary.

GIBSONBURG PHILOSOPHY

To view every child as an individual. To refresh student learning by motivating them with engaging activities while building trust and rapport with students, their parents and community.

Any student ages 3 through 21 identified as a student with a disability under The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act, IDEA, will be serviced according to Ohio’s Operating Standards for Ohio’s Schools Serving Children with Disabilities. Our goal is to provide students with a free and appropriate education while providing them with specifically designed instruction and meeting their individual needs.

SPECIAL EDUCATION PROCEDURAL SAFEGUARDS NOTICE

As of August 1, 2017 Whose IDEA is This? will be replaced with A Guide to Parent Rights in Special Education. We have included the link to our website for you to have access to this resource.

We have also included the link for the memorandum addendum of the Whose IDEA is This? that occurred in 2014.

Below is a link to the Ohio Department of Education’s web page and a link to our State Support Team –Region 1 website for other frequently asked questions and valuable resources.

http://education.ohio.gov/

http://www.sstr1.org/

SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFF

ELEMENTARY	MIDDLE SCHOOL	HIGH SCHOOL
Brenda Longoria: Pre K	Steve Barnaclo: 6^th-8^th grade	Brianna Gosche 9^th-12^th grade
Julie Bickford: 2^nd and 3^rd grade	Greg Spoores 6^th-8^th grade	Coutrney Gysan: 9^th-12^th grade
Jenna Corron: 4^th grade	Steve Smith: 6^th-12^th grade
Andrea Graber: 5^th grade
Veronica Knieriem: K-5^th grade
Theresa Herman: Speech and Language Pathologist Pre K-12^th grade

PARAPROFESSIONALS
Dee Haubert: Pre K	Calin Nichols: Pre K	Lori Greider: Pre K	Kelly Copley: Elementary
Darlene Roberts: Middle/High School	Melissa Rosenberger: Elementary	Devon Stevens: Middle/High School	Rose McKnight: Elementary Librarian
Kim Hockenberry: Recces	Amber Turner: Middle/High School	Jen Younker: Middle/High School	Katie Sleek: Middle/High School