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