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Important Documents
    
The following documents, available from the Quincy Public Schools website, are in PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader.  
 
2008 - 2009 School Calendar
2008 - 2009 School Calendar
Student Rights & Responsibilities Handbook Student Rights &
Responsibilities
Handbook
2008 - 2009 MCAS/MEPA Testing Schedule 2008 - 2009 MCAS/MEPA Testing Schedule
District Improvement Plan 2007-2008 District Improvement Plan
Attendance Booklet Attendance Booklet
Transition Guide Transition Guide
Homework Guide Homework Guide
Contact Card Contact Card
Release of Student Records Form Release of Student Records Form
   
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Quincy Public Schools
  
The Quincy Public Schools Special Education Department provides services to approximately 1500 students on Independent Education Programs (IEPs), 504 Plans, and Individual Curriculum Accommodation Plans (ICAPs).
 
For additional information on special education programs in the Quincy Public Schools visit their webpage 
 
Instant Alert
 
Quincy Public Schools has implemented the Instant Alert program from Honeywell. This program allows a single message to be delivered to all parents via the parents' communication method of choice. Messages 
about emergency situations, school activities, and other important information can be sent to home, work, or cell phones, e-mail, pagers, and/or PDAs. This program is currently available for all Quincy elementary schools and will soon be available for middle and high schools.

Parents can visit the Honeywell website to update contact information, as well as choose their preferred method(s) of communication and  level of messaging.
 

Special Education "Chain of Command"
   
If you have a question or concern about your child's IEP, contact your child's teacher first. Questions/concerns not resolved with the teacher should then be addressed with the Team Chairperson or school Principal. Problems that have not be rectified at this level may then be addressed with the Team Administrator (see below for school assignments and contact information), followed by the Director of Special Education and the Superintendent.
   
Problems that cannot be resolved locally may be addressed with either the Massachusetts Department of Education's Program Quality Assurance or Bureau of Special Education Appeals. For more information about their services, please visit their websites.  
 
Special Education Contacts
 
Position  Name   Telephone  
Superintendent Richard DeCristofaro   617-984-8700
Director of Special Education Judy Todd 617-984-8743
Early Childhood Coordinator Edith Hughes 617-984-8712
Quincy High Special Education Department Head Karen Doran  617-984-8859
North Quincy High Special Education Department Head William Mulcahy 617-984-8698
Transportation and Safety Director    Ken McPhee 617-984-8897
Transportation Office   617-984-8964
Educational Services for the Homeless Coordinator Isabel Ventre 617-984-8815
Liaison for Gifted/Academically Talented Education  Sylvia Pattavina   617-984-8737
PQA Liaison for Quincy Lynn Summerill   781-338-3761
 
The physical location of the Special Education office is 159 Burgin Parkway in Quincy (in the NAGE building - across the street from the rear side of the Quincy Center MBTA station). The mailing address remains 70 Coddington Street, Quincy, MA 02169.
 

Special Education Team Administrators
     
Team Administrators
 
  Team Administrator Responsibilities Team Administrator Responsibilities
    
Name Telephone Schools/Programs
Len Curreri 617-984-8604 Behavior Strand
Parker BGD
Bernazzani
Lincoln Hancock
Montclair
Atlantic
Sterling
Goals
Out of District
Elly Papile 617-984-8894 CDC
Point
Merrymount
Atherton Hough
Central
EVA
Snug Harbor
Parker
Out of District
Richard Kelly 617-984-8806 Learning Center Strand
Squantum
Marshall
Beechwood
Wollaston
Broad Meadows
Out of District
Erin Perkins 617-984-8896 Resource Rooms
Preschools
Out of District
Carol Shiffer 617-984-8669 Della Chiesa   
Sylvia Pattavina   617-984-8737 Out of District  
    
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