Special Education
Special Education Services
The Jt. #2, Fox Point-Bayside School District provides special education programs for children in the District with special educational needs. A child with special educational needs is defined by state law as a child with any of the following conditions, or such other conditions as the State Superintendent determines, who may require special services to supplement or replace regular education: (1) orthopedic impairment, (2) cognitive disability or other developmental disability, (3) hearing handicap, (4) visual handicap, (5) speech or language handicap, (6) emotional disturbance, (7) learning disability, (8) autism, (9) traumatic brain injury, (10) significant development delay (ages 3-5), (11) other health impairment, or (12) any combination of conditions named by the State Superintendent or listed above.
To provide special education programs, the District is a member of the North Shore Exceptional Education Cooperative (NSEEC). The other member Districts of the NSEEC are: Nicolet UHS, Glendale-River Hills, Maple Dale-Indian Hill, Brown Deer, Shorewood, and Whitefish Bay. Students with special education needs shall be provided a free, appropriate, public education as specified in a student’s individual education plan (IEP). All special education programs provided are in compliance with state and federal laws and regulations. A special education handbook developed by NSEEC outlines specific policies and procedures relating to Special Education.
If required in a child’s IEP, the District has available specialized staff such as a guidance counselor, school psychologist, and reading specialist in support of a student who requires special education services.
If you believe that your child may need special education services you should talk to your child’s teacher, contact the school principal or call Mr. Ted Noll, school psychologist at (414) 247-4252
Additional Special Education Service Information
Speech/Language Program
The Speech/Language Program is designed to serve children in preschool through eighth grade. The children included in the program demonstrate difficulty in using and/or understanding speech and language. Intervention may include articulation, voice, fluency and language therapy.
Learning Disabilities Program
The Learning Disabilities program serves students who demonstrate a significant discrepancy between expected and actual academic achievement.
Emotional Disturbance
The program for students with Emotional Disturbance is designed for those who experience significant difficulty with behavior/adjustment in the academic environment and with educational expectations.
Cognitive Disabilities
The Cognitive Disabilities program serves students from all of the North Shore area schools and MPS who experience delays in their adaptive behaviors, cognition and academic performance.
Physical and Occupational Therapy Services
Physical and occupational therapy (PT and OT) are support services provided to students whose physical limitations interfere with their ability to benefit from their educational program. The purpose of PT and OT includes restoring or maintaining function; fostering normal development; preventing further disabilities, thus enhancing performance in the school environment. The Physical Therapist evaluates a student in terms of ambulation/quality of movement, gross motor skill level and posture. The Occupational Therapist evaluates a student in terms of fine motor skill (writing, coloring, and scissor skills); posture/positioning, perceptual motor skills; and self-help skills.
Child Find and Special Education Referral Process
Updated 9/28/11
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF FOX POINT-BAYSIDE
ANNUAL NOTICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION REFERRAL AND EVALUATION PROCEDURES
 

In recognizing its responsibility to provide an appropriate education for all children of the District, the Fox Point-Bayside School District shall provide free and appropriate programs for children with disabilities.

The Fox Point-Bayside School District is required to locate, identify, and evaluate all children with disabilities, including children with disabilities attending private schools in the school district and homeless children, regardless of the severity of their disabilities.  The process of locating, identifying, and evaluating children with disabilities is known as child find.

Upon request, the Fox Point-Bayside School District is required to evaluate a child for eligibility for special education services.  A request for evaluation is known as a referral.  When the district receives a referral, the district will appoint an Individualized Education Program (IEP) team to determine if the child has a disability, and if the child needs special education services.  The district locates, identifies, and evaluates all children with disabilities who are enrolled by their parents in private (including religious) schools, elementary schools, and middle schools located in the school district.

A physician, nurse, psychologist, social worker or administrator of a social agency who reasonably believes a child brought to him or her for services is a child with a disability has a legal duty to report the child to the school district in which the child resides. If the child attends a private school in another school district, the child should be reported to the school district where the child attends school. Before referring the child, the person making the referral must inform the child’s parent that the referral will be made.  Others who reasonably believe a child is a child with a disability may also refer the child to the school district in which the child resides. 

Referrals must be in writing and include the reason why the person believes the child is a child with a disability.  A referral may be made by contacting Jeff Cyganiak, Special Education Coordinator, at 414-247-4252, or by writing him at 601 E. Ellsworth Lane, Bayside, Wisconsin, 53217.

 
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF FOX POINT-BAYSIDE
CONFIDENTIALITY OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION OBTAINED
THROUGH CHILD FIND ACTIVITIES
 
This notice informs parents of the records the school district will develop and maintain as part of its child
find activities. This notice also informs parents of their rights regarding any records developed.
 
The school district gathers personally identifiable information on any child who participates in child find
activities. Parents, teachers, and other professionals provide information to the school related to the
child’s academic performance, behavior, and health. This information is used to determine whether the
child needs special education services. Personally identifiable information directly related to a child and
maintained by the school is a pupil record. Pupil records include records maintained in any way
including, but not limited to, computer storage media, video and audiotape, film, microfilm, and microfiche.
Records maintained for personal use by a teacher and not available to others and records available only
to persons involved in the psychological treatment of a child are not pupil records.
 
The school district maintains several classes of pupil records.
 
"Progress records" include grades, courses the child has taken, the child's attendance record,
immunization records, required lead screening records, and records of school extra-curricular
activities. Progress records must be maintained for at least five years after the child ceases to be
enrolled.
 
"Behavioral records" include such records as psychological tests, personality evaluations, records
of conversations, written statements relating specifically to the pupil's behavior, tests relating
specifically to achievement or measurement of ability, physical health records other than
immunization and lead screening records, law enforcement officers' records, and other pupil
records that are not "progress records." Law enforcement officers' records are maintained
separately from other pupil records. Behavioral records may be maintained for no longer than
one year after the child graduates or otherwise ceases to be enrolled, unless the parent specifies
in writing that the records may be maintained for a longer period of time. The school district
informs parents when pupil records are no longer needed to provide special education. At the
request of the child's parents, the school district destroys the information that is no longer
needed.
 
"Directory data" includes the student's name, address, telephone listing, date and place of birth,
major field of study, participation in officially recognized activities and sports, weight and height of
members of athletic teams, dates of attendance, photographs, degrees and awards received, and
the name of the school most recently previously attended by the student.
 
"Pupil physical health records" include basic health information about a pupil, including the pupil's
immunization records, an emergency medical card, a log of first aid and medicine administered to
the pupil, an athletic permit card, a record concerning the pupil's ability to participate in an
education program, any required lead screening records, the results of any routine screening test,
such as for hearing, vision or scoliosis, and any follow-up to the test, and any other basic health
information, as determined by the state superintendent. Any pupil record relating to a pupil's
physical health that is not a pupil physical health record is treated as a patient health care record
under sections 146.81 to 146.84, Wisconsin Statutes. Any pupil record concerning HIV testing is
treated as provided under section 252.15, Wisconsin Statutes.
 
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA), and section 118.125, Wisconsin Statutes, afford parents and students over
18 years of age ("eligible students") the following rights with respect to education records:
 
The right to inspect and review the student's education records within 45 days of receipt
of the request. Parents or eligible students should submit to the school principal a written
request that identifies the records(s) they wish to inspect. The principal will make arrangements
for access and notify the parent or eligible student of the time and place where the records may
be inspected. The school district will comply with the request without unnecessary delay and
before any meeting about an individualized education program, or any due process hearing, and
in no case more than 45 days after the request has been made. If any record includes
information on more than one child, the parents of those children have the right to inspect and
review only the information about their child or to be informed of that specific information. Upon
request, the school district will give a parent or eligible student a copy of the progress records and
a copy of the behavioral records. Upon request, the school district will give the parent or eligible
student a list of the types and locations of education records collected, maintained, or used by the
district for special education. The school district will respond to reasonable requests for
explanations and interpretations of the records. A representative of the parent may inspect and
review the records.
 
The right to request the amendment of the student's education records that the parent or
eligible student believes is inaccurate or misleading. Parents or eligible students may ask
Fox Point-Bayside School District to amend a record that they believe is inaccurate or misleading.
They should write the school principal, clearly identify the part of the record they want changed,
and specify why it is inaccurate or misleading. If the district decides not to amend the record, the
district will notify the parent or eligible student of the decision and the right to a hearing regarding
the request for amendment. Additional information regarding the hearing procedures will be
provided to the parent or eligible student when notified of the right to a hearing.
 
The right to consent to disclosures of personally identifiable information in the student's
education records, except to the extent that federal and state law authorize disclosure
without consent. The exceptions are stated in 34 CFR 99.31, Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act regulations; Sec. 9528, PL107-110, No Child Left Behind Act of 2001; and section
118.125(2)(a) to (m) and sub. (2m), Wisconsin Statutes. One exception that permits disclosure
without consent is disclosures to school officials with legitimate educational interests. A school
official is a person employed by the district as an administrator, supervisor, instructor, or support
staff member (including health or medical staff and law enforcement unit personnel); a person
serving on the school board; a person or company with whom the district has contracted to
perform a special task (such as an attorney, auditor, medical consultant, or therapist); or a parent
or student serving on an official committee, such as a disciplinary or grievance committee, or
assisting another school official in performing his or her tasks. A school official has a legitimate
educational interest if the official needs to review an education record in order to fulfill his or her
professional responsibility. Upon request, the district discloses education records without
consent to officials of another school district in which a student seeks or intends to enroll. Also
the district discloses "directory data" without consent, unless the parent notifies the district that it
may not be released without prior parental consent.
 
The right to file a complaint with the U. S. Department of Education concerning alleged
failures by the District to comply with the requirements of FERPA. The name and address
of the Office that administers FERPA is: Family Policy Compliance Office, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20202-4605.

 

Fox Point-Bayside School District
7300 North Lombardy Road
Fox Point, WI 53217
Phone: (414) 247-4167
 

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