Special Education

Please contact EACS’ Intake Manager, Sondra Ryan, at sryan@excelacademy.education for additional information.

EACS will not accept requests to develop new relationships with specific special education agencies or providers. The internal special education team currently includes a staff of highly qualified and appropriately credentialed professionals to provide the majority of IEP services. For any specialty areas in which we do not employ internal staff, an appropriate NPA-approved provider will be identified and assigned within your county of residence.

Due to the complex nature of matching IEP teams to hundreds of students across several counties, the EACS team is not able to consider requests for specific Case Managers, providers, or related service agencies.

*If you have a concern to report regarding your Case Manager or a related service provider failing to implement your student’s IEP, please contact Leah Vides, Program Specialist at lvides@excelacademy.education.

EACS provides support to students and families in successfully accessing and participating in independent study. All EACS students must additionally have the support of a primary educator in the home setting during the school day; usually a parent or guardian. We understand that each of our families have different personal circumstances, however, the success of your student in our independent study placement depends largely on the ability of a consistent adult to provide core instruction.

Anytime you have new information regarding your child that may affect their learning it is important to share with the IEP team. Please contact your Case Manager with this information and an IEP meeting will be called to review any new records and discuss if any changes to the current IEP are necessary.

EACS is required to ensure the provision of all services to your student, by qualified personnel, in accordance with their current IEP offer of FAPE. We understand that many students additionally receive privately funded services outside of school hours however they cannot replace educationally-based services. If you believe your student no longer requires these services to address their unique educational needs, please contact your student’s Case Manager to request an IEP meeting and discuss their progress.

EACS is a Non-Classroom based charter school. All special education services are either provided virtually, in-person at a service provider’s clinic/agency, or in-person at a mutually agreed location between the student’s home and the service provider’s location. Service delivery setting (in-person or virtual) is an IEP team decision determined according to the individual student’s needs as a result of their disability. Travel distance is not a consideration when determining whether virtual or in-person services are appropriate.

Service delivery is an IEP team decision based on the recommendation of the service provider and team discussion. The IEP team will consider the student’s specific needs and IEP goals as a guide when determining the appropriate service delivery group size for each individual student. At times it may be appropriate for a student to receive special education services within a small group setting to support goal progress, while at other times individual services are determined appropriate.

Please contact registrar@excelacademy.education.

Your first point of contact for all questions regarding any portion of your student’s IEP, or the implementation of services, is your student’s current Case Manager.