Student Services

Ongoing efforts are made to identify, locate and evaluate children below 22 years of age who reside within the District and have a confirmed or suspected disability in accordance with all federal regulations and state standards. This includes children for whom the District is the district of residence who are being held or have been court-ordered to juvenile detention centers or children who have been committed to community correctional facilities. Additional efforts are made to identify, locate, and evaluate all parentally placed school children who reside outside of the state, attend a private school within the District, and have a confirmed or suspected disability.

State law establishes minimum age requirements for admission to kindergarten. A child who does not meet the age requirements for admittance to kindergarten or first grade, but who will be five or six years old, respectively, prior to January 1 of the school year in which admission is requested, shall be evaluated for early admittance in accordance with District policy upon referral by the child’s parent or guardian, an educator employed by the District, a preschool educator who knows the child or a pediatrician or psychologist who knows the child. Following an evaluation in accordance with such a referral, the Board decides whether to admit the child.

If a child, for whom admission to kindergarten or first grade is requested, will not be five or six years of age, respectively, prior to January 1 of the school year in which admission is requested, the child is admitted only in accordance with the District’s acceleration policy adopted under State law.

Contact Seaborn Elementary School at 330-652-9695 for additional information or to begin the evaluation process.

The Board recognizes the need to provide equal educational opportunities for all students in the District. Therefore, if the inability to speak and understand the English language excludes a student from effective participation in the educational programs offered by the District, the District shall take appropriate action to rectify the English language deficiency in order to provide the student equal access to its programs. Students in a language minority or who are English learners are identified, assessed, and provided appropriate services.

In accordance with the belief that all students are entitled to an education commensurate with their particular needs, students in the District who are gifted are provided opportunities to progress as their abilities permit. The Board believes that these students require services beyond those offered in regular school programs in order to realize their potential contribution to themselves and society.

Students who are gifted are identified annually by qualified professionals using a variety of assessment procedures. The Board encourages efforts to provide services for students who are gifted as an integral part of the total kindergarten through grade 12 program.

The purpose of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Children and Youth Program is to ensure that all children and youth, including preschoolers, have equal access to the same free and appropriate public education as non-homeless children and youth. The Board believes that all school-aged students, including homeless students and unaccompanied youth, have a basic right to equal educational opportunities.  Accordingly, the District must enroll each homeless student or unaccompanied youth in the District in the school determined to be in the student’s best interest. Enrollment is defined by the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act as attending classes and participating fully in school activities. In compliance with the act, the District must make school placement determinations on the basis of the best interest of the student. 

District Homeless Education Liaison
Tracie Mastrangelo
Email: mastrangelotra@weathersfield.k12.oh.us
Phone: 330-652-1451 ext. 1544

State Homeless Education Coordinator
Susannah Wayland
Email: HomelessEducation@education.ohio.gov
Phone: (614) 387-7725

The District provides a multi-factored evaluation for children with disabilities. Tests are administered by trained personnel qualified in accordance with all federal regulations and state standards. 

An Individualized Education Program (IEP) is developed for each child with a disability who needs special education. The IEP is designed to meet the unique educational needs of the child and is developed in a planning conference. The education of children with disabilities occurs in the least restrictive environment (LRE).  Special education programs and services are appropriate and designed to meet the unique needs of each child with a disability. To the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities, including children in public or private institutions or other care facilities, are educated with children who do not have disabilities. Special classes, separate schooling, or other removal of children with disabilities from the regular educational environment occur only when the nature or severity of the disability is such that education in regular classes with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily.