 | Over 1,800 students with disabilities, preschool through age 21, receive services in all district schools, either in separate programs specially tailored to meet their needs, or in regular classrooms with appropriate assistance. All schools provide identification services to determine a student’s eligibility for special education. In addition the Child Find screening service identifies special needs children younger than age five. In compliance with state law, vision and hearing screening services are provided for all students in kindergarten, first, second, third, fifth, seventh, and ninth grade.
Each school site has, at a minimum, a building resource team, consisting of a resource teacher, school psychologist, speech/language pathologist, and occupational therapist. Specific programs include: Child Find, Early Childhood, SCIL (Self-Contained Individualized Learning), PACE (Progression for Adaptive and Cognitive Education), Transition (community based, 18-21 years of age), services for the Deaf and Hearing-Impaired, Visually Impaired, and Audiology.
If you have specific questions regarding your child, we recommend that you start with your child's school site staff. If additional assistance or information is needed, please contact one of the special education coordinators listed below. Assistant Superintendent of Student Support Services | Lucinda Hundley | 303-347-3472 | | Administrative Assistant | Jill Shoup | 303-347-3471 | | Assistant Director, Special Education | Ronald Lee, Psy.D. | 303-347-3518 | | Secretary, Assistant Director of Special Education | Kelly Borger | 303-347-3522 | | Director, Alternative Education | Karen Goodwin | 303-347-3394 | | Secretary, Director of Alternative Education | Vanessa Lloyd | 303-347-3388 | | Coordinator, Special Programs | Barb Ritchie | 303-347-3469 | | Coordinator, Secondary Special Education | Carla Cde Baca | 303-347-3474 | | Secretary, Special Education Coordinator | Lisa Coder | 303-347-3467 | | Coordinator, Elementary Special Education | Pam Deulley | 303-347-3466 | | Special Education Coordinator | Rick Frampton | 303-347-3430 | | Secretary, Special Education Coordinator | Cathy Carr | 303-347-3539 | | Coordinator, English Language Acquisition Coordinator | Jesus Escarcega | 303-347-3448 | | Secretary, English Language Acquisition Coordinator | Kathy Puliafico | 303-347-3488 | | Coordinator, Gifted and Talented Education | Melinda Ness | 303-347-3477 | | Secretary, Coordinator of Gifted and Talented Education | Carole Hough | 303-347-3473 | |
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