From 11/16/18 Board meeting. Read full update here
Special Note: There is lots of great data (at the end) in Clarisse Haxton’s presentation titled “District Evaluation for Special Education Improvement”
Excerpts related to Special Education:
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Let’s Talk Budget | Palo Alto Unified School District
The district is “beginning the Budget Planning Cycle for the 2019-2020 fiscal year, and welcome any comments you may have about the District’s budget. Are there programs, services, initiatives that you would like to see expanded in […]
From 10/19/18 Board meeting. Read full update here
Excerpts related to Special Education:
The first Thursday of every month, the Special Education Division of the Department of Strategic Initiatives and Operations […]
On May 22, 2018 PAUSD Special Education presented “A VISION FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION” with findings from three recent surveys from 2017/18: (1) IEP Meeting Parent Satisfaction Survey; (2) Special Education Supports: Parent Survey; and (3) Special Education Supports: Staff Survey. Information from these surveys, focus groups and […]
Please read the CAC response to the 2018 PAUSD Dyslexia Guidelines Implementation Plan.
Also, the Dyslexia Resolution was presented by the PAUSD Dyslexia Workgroup on January 30, 2018.
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Statement by CAC regarding the district’s internal operations review, a Special Education Evaluation that looks at patterns of practice and need, and shares their data and findings to date. This was presented at the Feb 27 School Board Meeting […]
Click here to read a statement CAC made to the PAUSD Board about the new Equity Plan (Dec 17, 2017)
The Proposed Plan illustrates key building blocks for an equity-focused system — setting high expectations for all students, and goals for the groups who are the furthest behind […]
Read the Special Education Report: Summary of Findings and Recommendations
In the Fall of 2015, the district initiated a review of our Special Education services. Thomas Hehir and Associates, an educational research team…was contracted by the district to conduct a Special Education Program Review. The Board approved […]
Thank you to everyone who helped to support Unity Day 2017. On this occasion we took action to unite our district and stand together against bullying, harassment and relational aggression. Together we are sowing seeds for a kinder future! Here is a slideshow of the celebration at campuses […]
The California Department of Education (CDE) has released Dyslexia Guidelines.
From the website: “The guidelines will be used to assist regular education teachers, special education teachers, and parents to identify and assess pupils with dyslexia, and to plan, provide, evaluate, and improve educational services to pupils with dyslexia […]
