Special Education Services
Program Description:
All Wake County Public School System middle schools provide additional services for students with disabilities who meet state criteria for Special Education Services. Students who are suspected of having a disability are referred by their parents or by school personnel for screening and evaluation. Following the evaluation, an IEP team, to include the parents, determines whether the student is eligible. Every eligible student has an Individualized Educational Program (IEP), which identifies the student’s strengths and weaknesses and sets annual goals and/or short-term objectives or benchmarks. The IEP also identifies the appropriate services and least restrictive placement which are required to meet the individual needs of the student.
Wake County Public School System provides services for students according to the following continuum of alternative placements:
Regular – 80% or more of the day with non-disabled peers
Resource – 40% - 79% of the day with non-disabled peers
Separate – 39% or less of the day with non-disabled peers
Separate School
Residential Facility
Home/Hospital