Welcome to the Fonda-Fultonville Central School Special Programs
Web page.
Special Programs at Fonda-Fultonville
include the Special Education Programs and Title I--Academic Intervention Services, as well as several other grant funded programs.
The purpose of
this Web page is to provide parents and community members with information about these programs.
The
Special Education program currently serves approximately 210
students.
Our services
are guided by the
District Special Education
Plan. There are 11 special education teachers, 11 teacher assistants, and
seven aides housed on the campus. Students also benefit from the services of school psychologists, guidance counselors, an occupational therapist, physical therapist, speech therapists,
nurses and a preventative case worker. Some of our students
attend BOCES programs and
four, 1:1 aides work at those locations.
Depending on the needs of our students, we offer primary instruction in the core subject areas: math, English, social studies and science, push-in services and/or consultant teaching services at all grade levels. Most primary instruction is carried out in classrooms with no more than 15 students. The services we provide are governed by the policies in Part 200 and 201 of the
New York State Commissioner of Education Regulations. Our programming is designed to help students progress toward achievement of the New York State Standards for Learning. In addition we help to prepare students for
transition into post-secondary education and/or employment.
Click
here
to find further
information. We hope that you will access the information on parent involvement for parents of students with disabilities.
School districts are to provide academic intervention services for students who score below the designated reference points on state examinations or who are at risk of not achieving the State learning standards. Academic Intervention Services (AIS) consists of additional instruction provided to students in English Language Arts (ELA), mathematics, social studies or science. It includes instruction that supports classroom lessons and basic skill instruction. The FFCS services are provided in both the push-in to and pull-out of the classroom models. There are
seven full time AIS instructors and one teaching assistant working in the
program. Individual classroom teachers also provide content specific AIS
classes.
School districts must provide a copy of the notice of procedural
safeguards at least once a year to parents (or persons in
parental relation) to a student with a disability. In addition,
a copy of the procedural safeguards must be provided to parents
upon:
An initial referral or parental request for evaluation,
The first filing of a due process complaint notice to request
mediation or an impartial hearing;
At the request of the parent;
Following a decision to impose a suspension or removal that
constitutes a disciplinary change in placement; and
On receipt of a parent’s first State complaint in a school year.
Academic Intervention Services Plan
The New
York State Education Department also requires that each district has an Academic Intervention Services Plan. There are seven teachers who provide this programming in the district. Some of the middle and high school content area teachers also work with the program.
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here
for more information.
If you are in need of further information, please feel free to contact
Scott Rice, Director of Special Programs at
srice2@ffcsd.org .
