About Us...

Plano Regional Day School Program for the Deaf

Our Mission Is...

to serve students who are deaf or hard of hearing by providing educational challenges and opportunities which empower them to become productive and independent individuals.

About us

The Plano Regional Day School Program for the Deaf (RDSPD) was established in the fall of 1988 to serve students who are deaf or hard of hearing from surrounding school districts. Plano Independent School District is the fiscal agent for the program.

Districts Served

The Plano RDSPD through our Shared Service Agreement (SSA) may provide specialized services to eligible students (birth – 21) who are deaf or hard of hearing and who reside within one of our member districts.

The district of residence has the option to refer their eligible students to Plano RDSPD for services. Our member districts include: Allen ISD, Blue Ridge ISD, Celina ISD, Community ISD, Coppell ISD, Farmersville ISD, Frisco ISD, Lovejoy ISD, McKinney ISD, Plano ISD, Princeton ISD, Prosper ISD, Richardson ISD, and Wylie ISD.

Since deafness is such a low incidence population, the state set up Regional Day School Programs for the Deaf so that local districts shall have access to services. Any student with deafness which severely impairs processing linguistic information through hearing, even with recommended amplification, and which adversely affects educational performance shall be eligible for consideration for the Regional Day School Program for the Deaf, subject to the admission, review, and dismissal (ARD) committee recommendations.

Staff and Students

The Plano RDSPD staff consists of 86 employees fulfilling the roles of teacher, slp, interpreter, paraprofessional, deaf blind intervener, CART provider, secretary, and coordinator. The staff provides services to a total of 454 students for our member districts. At our center based campuses of Pearson, Davis, Haggard, Vines, and Plano Senior High School, we serve 141 students. For 45 students birth - 3, we serve in their homes in conjunction with ECI. We serve another 125 students itinerantly on their home school campuses. Then we provide consult services for an additional 143 students.