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LPPS Special Education Department
The Education For All Handicapped Children Act      Livingston Parish Public School (LPPS) assures that a free appropriate public education (FAPE) is available to all children with disabilities residing within the jurisdiction of LPPS between the ages of 3 and 21, inclusive, including children with disabilities who have been suspended or expelled from school.

     LPPS assures that all procedures for the development and implementation of the Individualized Education Program/Placement (IEP) process are followed.

     The Director of Special Education is responsible for the general supervision of identification, location and evaluation activities/services for students who are suspected of being disabled and for the provision of FAPE to students with disabilities within Livingston Parish Public Schools jurisdiction.
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Special Education Staff
Jeanne J. Ebey, Ed. D 225-686-4245 Jeanne.Ebey@lpsb.org Director of Special Education:  Coordinate Special Education Programs
Mitzi Sanchez 667-2080 ext 11 MITZI.SANCHEZ@Lpsb.Org Pupil Appraisal Coordinator:  Occupational/Physical  Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists,Educational Diagnosticians, Assistive Technology, Child Search, Medicaid
Anna Broussard 225-686-4271 anna.broussard@lpsb.org IEP Facilitator:  Elementary & Jr. High Schools, Progress Monitoring, Community Based Services
April Morgan 225-686-4266 april.morgan@lpsb.org IEP Facilitator:  Elementary & Jr. High Schools 
Belinda Dumas 225-686-4269 BELINDA.DUMAS@lpsb.org Special Education Transition Coordinator: High Schools, Vocational, Transition
Dara Hatchell 225-686-4249 Dara.Hatchell@lpsb.org IEP Facilitator:  Elementary & Jr. High Schools,  ESYP
Darlene Davis 225-686-4252 Darlene.Davis@lpsb.org IEP Facilitator:  Elementary Schools,  Gifted/Talented Programs
Demarious Poole 225-686-4242 Demarious.Poole@lpsb.org Special Education Curriculum Coordinator: IEP Compliance, Homebound Services
Eric Penalber 225-686-4243 ERIC.Penalber@lpsb.org Response to Intervention Coordinator:  Academic Interventions
Jackie Abington 664-4823 ext 33 Jackie.Abington@Lpsb.Org IEP Facilitator:  Significant Disabilities, Autism, LAA1 
Jan MacNaughton 664-4823 ext 18 JAN.MACNAUGHTON@lpsb.org Special Education Assistive Technologist:  A. T. Screening and Assessment,  A. T. Devices, Teachers of the Visual and Hearing Impaired, Kurzweil Program, Curriculum Technology Support, AIM Coordinator 
Jennifer Veals 225-686-4226 JENNIFER.VEALS@lpsb.org Early Childhood SPED (ECSE) Coordinator:  ECSE Program, AEPSi Compliance, 3-5 year-old students idenfified with disabilities
John Jones 225-686-4276 John.Jones@lpsb.org IEP Facilitator:  Middle Schools, Yes I Can, Adaptive Physical Education Teachers, Tentative Placement
Joni Walker 225-686-4267 joni.walker@lpsb.org Special Education Discipline/IEP Facilitator: Discipline, Early Resolution Process Representative 
Kathy Lee 664-4823 ext 17 KATHY.LEE@lpsb.org Special Education Assistive Technologist:  A. T. Screening and Assessment, Augmentative Communication, A. T. Devices 
Michelle Purvis 225-686-4281 MICHELLE.PURVIS@lpsb.org IEP Facilitator:  Elementary Schools, Special Education Resource Guide, Professional Development, LAA2
Monica Sullivan 225-686-4359 monica.sullivan33@lpsb.org 504/Dyslexia Coordinator:  Section 504 and Bulletin #1903 Compliance and Implementation 
Sharon Szanyi 225-686-4268 SHARON.SZANYI@lpsb.org IEP Facilitator:  Elementary Schools, Speech Services 
Tammy Crawford 225-686-4280 Tammy.Crawford@lpsb.org Speech Coordinator: Speech Therapy Program, Ordering & Tracking of SPED Technology, SER WEB IEP Program, Medicaid/RMS 
Jessica Gill 225-664-4823 Jessica.Gill@Lpsb.Org Special Education Assistive Technologist Support:  A. T. and Augmentative Communication
Tim Mercer 225-664-4823 TIMOTHY.MERCER@lpsb.org Special Education Assistive Technologist Support:  A. T., Augmentative Communication, Curriculum Technology 
      SECRETARIES
Debbie Sawyer 225-686-4248 debbie.sawyer@lpsb.org Director's Secretary, SPED Office Manager, Travel Forms, Conference Request, Ordering M & S for SPED Dept. 
Ann Graves 225-686-4246 ann.graves@lpsb.org Records Secretary: Enters Initial, Reevaluations and Out-of-System Reviews (OOSR),  disseminates evaluations & OOSR, responds to all records request, destruction of special education records 
Blake Robards 225-686-4353 blake.robards@lpsb.org Records Secretary:  Papervision; Paperflow; SPED record file room 
Jill Maynard 225-686-4244 jill.maynard@lpsb.org SER Services: Open services on all students and assures services are entered in SER accurately, Medicaid, Random Moment Samples 
Patricia "Trish" McDaniel 225-686-4247 patricia.mcdaniel@lpsb.org  Compliance Secretary: Evaluation and status updates, information on "in-parish transfers between Powerschool and SER programs, Class Reports, Child Count, SER reports