Student Services
If you are new to Carolina Charter Academy and have questions about special education, please contact our EC Coordinator Dustin Squibb at eccoordinator@carolinacharter.org. In order to make your student’s transition into Carolina Charter go smoothly, it is very important to provide your student’s new school copies of the following information during registration:
- Most recent psychoeducational report, eligibility, evaluation and/or reevaluation report;
- Current individualized education program (IEP); and
- Contact information for your student’s previous school and school district.
Project Child Find
What is Project Child Find?
An effort coordinated by your local school system and the State Department of Public Instruction Exceptional Children Division, to locate and identify children and youth ages birth through 21 with disabilities who are in need of special education and related services. Its mission is also to inform parents and/or guardians of the services available from their local school system and other state and community agencies.
Who are the Children?
Children and youth who have been diagnosed or are suspected to have intellectual, physical, or emotional disabilities and are unable to benefit from a regular school program without special assistance.
For more information please view the NCDPI website.
Parent Rights & Responsibilities in Special Education: NC Notice of Procedural Safeguards
Parent Rights & Responsibilities in Special Education: NC Notice of Procedural Safeguards - English
Parent Rights & Responsibilities in Special Education: NC Notice of Procedural Safeguards - Spanish
This handbook is designed to support families with the understanding of the rights and responsibilities specific to the special education process. Acronyms and terms often used in special education and resources can be found in the appendices. If, at any time, you suspect your student may have a disability and is in need of special education and/or related services, you may request an evaluation, in writing, to your student’s school principal or teacher.
NC EC Division
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Exceptional Children Division. The mission of the Exceptional Children Division is to ensure that students with disabilities develop intellectually, physically, emotionally, and vocationally through the provision of an appropriate individualized program in the least restrictive environment.
NC MTSS
Family engagement within an MTSS is defined as the active and meaningful partnerships that educators build and maintain with students’ families for the purpose of supporting student learning. It embodies the idea that all parties are equally invested in the student’s educational experience and all parties bring knowledge and skills of equal value to the table to work together.
NC schools that are implementing an MTSS may talk about support for students. To further define that support, NC organizes these supports around the instruction, the curriculum, and the environment. This linked infographic is intended to promote understanding and conversations around how school teams are providing these supports to all, some, and a few students based on needs.