Public Notice
School Administrative Unit
# 41, which consists of the Hollis, Brookline, and Hollis Brookline Cooperative
School Districts, seeks to locate and identify all children who may have an
educational disability. Any person may refer for evaluation of a child under
the age 21 for reasons including, but not limited to, the following:
1.
Failing to
pass a hearing or vision screening
2.
Unsatisfactory
performance on group achievement or accountability measures
3.
Receiving
multiple academic or behavioral warnings
4.
Repeatedly
failing one or more subject
The child find
requirements of the district also apply to highly mobile children, homeless
children, and children who are suspected of having an educational disability
even though they are advancing from grade to grade. Child Find also includes
those children in grades K-12 who attend approved, non-public private schools
within the geographic boundaries of Hollis and Brookline regardless of where
they reside.
Referrals may be initiated in a variety of ways. The Assistant Director of Special Education, Marcy Kelley, may be contacted at (603) 465-7118, ext. 1 on behalf of children who have
not yet entered kindergarten.
For children
who attend the Hollis, Brookline, and Hollis Brookline Cooperative School District
public schools, building principals, special education coordinators, or
classroom teachers may be contacted by anyone wishing to initiate a
referral.
For children
who attend the Hollis Montessori School, please contact Jeanne Saunders, Director of Special Education, at 465-7118 ext. 1 to initiate a referral.
Parents of
students in grades K-12 who attend private schools outside the geographical
boundaries of Hollis or Brookline should contact the district in which the
private school is located in order to make a referral for evaluation.