Mandatory Meeting: Due Date / Action: OCT 2 Required Reading: Supplemental Material: Date: 9 21 09

BCPS Leadership Packet

To: All Principals / Ast Principals Date Prepared: September 15, 2009 Prepared by: Sara S. Staton, Director for Special Services Subject: Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) and PEATC Training Opportunity for Parents of Students with Disabilities – October 27, 2009

Please send the attached flyer home to parents of students with disabilities to make them aware of the upcoming VDOE parent training in Lynchburg on October 27, 2009. Please ensure that early childhood special education students are included. Registration is handled by PEATC, not BCPS. Thanks for your help.

Contact For Further Information: Lula Bowyer, Parent Coordinator Parent Resource Center Phone: @ the PRC 540 587-8990 E-mail: [email protected] Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center

PEATC will be hosting informational workshops to explain the FINAL Virginia Special Education regulations.

Staff from the Special Education Dispute Resolution & Administrative Services office will be presenting information and holding a question/answer session in the following regions:

Cumberland, VA Marshall, VA Wednesday, September 9, 2009 Monday, September 28, 2009 6:30pm – 8:30pm 6:30pm – 8:30pm Luther P. Jackson Adult Education Center Marshall Community (located in the Vocational Building of Cumberland High School) Main Meeting Room 15 School Road 4133 A Rectortown Road Cumberland Virginia 23040 Marshall, VA 20115-3215 540-364-3886

Blacksburg, VA Norfolk, VA Monday, October 5, 2009 Thursday, October 22, 2009 6:30 – 8:30 pm 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Old Christiansburg Middle School Library Virginia Wesleyan College 208 College Street Shafer Room Christiansburg, VA 24703 1584 Wesleyan Drive Norfolk, VA 23502

Lynchburg, VA Tuesday, October 27, 2009 6:30 – 8:30 pm E.C. Glass High School Marie Waller Lecture Hall 2111 Memorial Avenue Lynchburg, VA 24501

Registration starts at 6:00pm. Space is limited to the first 100 participants. Please call 800-869-6782 to register.