Special Education

The Carroll County Public School System provides Special Education programs and services to all children with disabilities (from birth to their twenty-first birthday) who reside in the county. Special Education services include diagnostic, instructional and related services. You may learn more about the the IEP process, Carroll Springs school, and resources for parents, and resources for teachers by accessing the links found to your left. 

Programs and services are provided on a continuum ranging from consultation with regular education teachers, up through residential placement seven days a week. These programs and services are designed to ensure that appropriate programs are available to all children with disabilities and that the least restrictive program placement for each child is determined based upon the child's unique needs rather than program availability.

The Office of Special Education has undergone some changes in personnel and in staff responsibilities.  For information on about the programs we offer, to share comments or concerns, or to gain information, please contact any of the staff below.  For questions about your student, you may also contact your child's school.

Russell Gray, Director of Special Education Services

Instructional Specialists

Chris Wittle, Instructional Specialist-Elementary Special Education

Gretchen Rockafellow, Instructional Specialist-Elementary Special Education

Kathy Kaufman, Instructional Specialist-Secondary Special Education

Linda Barton, Instructional Specialist-Non-Public Placements

Program Specialists

Dwayne Piper, Program Specialist-Related Services

Gretchen Glas, Program Specialist-Carroll Springs and Autism

Inez Marvel, Program Specialist-Birth to Five

Mary Pat Dye, Program Specialist-Post Secondary Programs

 

For additional information about special education services in Carroll County, please call the Office of Special Education at 410-751-3033 or Partners for Success at 410-751-3955.