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Student Services

Charlottesville City Schools provides an array of services to ensure that students with disabilities or other unique circumstances can thrive in school.

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504 Plans

Does your child have a disability but not require special education services? A 504 plan ensures that eligible students with an impairment receive reasonable accommodations and related services necessary for them to access school programs and activities. Examples include timing accommodations, presentation accommodations, response accommodations, setting accommodations. 

Call your child’s school.

Rachel Rasnake

Director of Student Services

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Hearing and Visual Impairment Services

For students identified as hearing or visually impaired, the Department of Education provides information describing the educational and other services available through the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, the Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, and the Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired.

See also the VDOE’s web pages about sensory disabilities.

If assistance or other formats are needed to access this information, please contact your school.

Foster Care Liaison

Guide to Foster Care Resources in Virginia

The Foster Care Liaison assists students, families, and area social services departments with the “best interest determination” process and other situations unique to students in the foster care system.

For children registering under kinship care provisions, a notarized affidavit is required, as well as verification from the Department of Social Services.

Contact

Jodie Murphy

Foster Care Liaison and Mental Wellness Coordinator

434-245-2652

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Homebound

Homebound Instruction is designed to provide continuity in the educational program for students whose medical needs, both physical and psychological, preclude school attendance. Homebound instruction is available to all students with appropriate physician authorization.

Homebound Manual

Students Experiencing Homelessness

Charlottesville City Schools is committed to providing support for our students who are experiencing homelessness. The McKinney-Vento Law ensures that students in temporary living situations have the resources necessary to obtain a successful education. When possible, students are allowed to attend the same school that he/she attended prior to being identified as homeless.

 

Registration for students who may be experiencing homelessness is supported by a school mental health professional at each school.

See Policy JECA (Admission of homeless children)

If your child may qualify for services under the homeless program, contact the school principal or

Jodie Murphy

McKinney-Vento Liaison and Mental Wellness Coordinator

434-245-2652

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Families experiencing homelessness can find resources with Project Hope, Virginia’s Program for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth.