{"id":622,"date":"2019-04-23T15:05:35","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T19:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/disability\/?p=622"},"modified":"2019-04-24T15:57:45","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T19:57:45","slug":"dese-review-of-sps-special-education-underway","status":"public-archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/disability\/2019\/04\/23\/dese-review-of-sps-special-education-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"DESE Review of SPS Special Education Underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) is conducting a Coordinated Program Review (CPR), the requisite triennial examination of the Sudbury Public Schools to monitor compliance with federal and state special education and civil rights regulations.<\/p>\n<p>All facets of assuring equal educational opportunities and experiences for students with special needs of all types are monitored through this review process.&nbsp; The CPR entails onsite visits, outreach to parents through on online survey, and solicitation of direct conversations with parents and community members.<\/p>\n<p>An online survey for families of children with IEPs is open until April 30th 2019.&nbsp; Your response to the survey is important and highly regarded.&nbsp; Corey Steinman is the &#8220;go to&#8221; person at DESE for any questions on that.&nbsp; Beyond the survey, your anonymous responses are invited and can be submitted through Sudbury SEPAC&#8217;s Feedback Portal.&nbsp; They will be forwarded to Mr. Steinman.<\/p>\n<p>All SPS families, school staff, and Sudbury community members at large are encouraged to provide feedback about the special education process and compliance via email or may request a telephone interview by contacting Mr. Steinman.&nbsp; He may be reached <a href=\"mailto:csteinman@doe.mass.edu\"><u>csteinman@doe.mass.edu<\/u><\/a> or (781) 338-3742.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Sudbury SEPAC has posted an <a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/9ca109d0c0d7\/dese-coordinated-program-review-of-sudbury-public-schools\">informative article with FAQs<\/a> to help you understand this import feedback process.&nbsp; You may contact Sudbury SEPAC directly at <a href=\"mailto:info@sudburysepac.org\"><u>info@sudburysepac.org<\/u><\/a>.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-420 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/cdn.sudbury.ma.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/281\/2018\/11\/SudburySEPACLogo20110901-Inkscape-v0.48-square.png?version=234afe8fe12c6a4edf11f1432c6e3e32\" alt=\"\" width=\"46\" height=\"43\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sudburysepac.wordpress.com\/\">Sudbury Public Schools Special Education Parent Advisory Council<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is soliciting feedback from all stakeholders in special education in Sudbury Public Schools. <a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/disability\/2019\/04\/23\/dese-review-of-sps-special-education-underway\/\" aria-label=\"Read full article about DESE Review of SPS Special Education Underway\">Read full article<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":621,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[1,6,492],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/disability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/disability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/disability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/disability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/disability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/disability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":630,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/disability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622\/revisions\/630"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/disability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/disability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/disability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/disability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}