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March 18, 2022

Dear WPS families,

As you may know, During the week of March 28, 2022, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Office of Public School Monitoring (PSM) is conducting a Tiered Focused Monitoring Review of Watertown Public Schools. A very important part of their work is surveying parents and caregivers of children with disabilities. Surveys were sent out from the department to the email address(es) on file with the district and will remain open until Friday, March 25, 2022 at 5:00 p.m.

If your child has an IEP and you did not receive a survey, please check your spam or junk email folders first. The email sender was "Survey Research" and the subject line was "MA Department of Education Needs your feedback!"

If you still cannot find the survey, then please reach out directly to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Public School Monitoring Chairperson, Dee Wyat,t at dee.wyatt@mass.gov and she can help you.

Kind regards,

~Kathleen Desmarais

Director of Student Services

The Watertown Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC) serves to support families of children with disabilities and to advise the district on continuous improvements to our IEP programs and services. You can reach out to the SEPAC at wps_sepac@watertown.k12.ma.us.

Current SEPAC officers are:

Cara Coller, SEPAC Co-Chair

Heather McManus, SEPAC Co-Chair

Debi Cornelius, Co-Secretary

Michelle Zoberg, Co-Secretary

Hilary Leamer, Secretary

Susan Cournoyer, Co-Training Coordinator

Rachel Kay, Co-Training Coordinator

The School Committee Liaison to the SEPAC is Lily RaymanRead, and she can be reached at lily.raymanread@watertown.k12.ma.us.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns regarding your child and their IEP or 504 services, please do not hesitate to reach out at the school level. Families of children with IEPs can contact their child’s special education liaison (typically their primary special education teacher) or their Evaluation Team Chair. For 504 plans, the guidance counselor and Evaluation Team Chair are the primary contacts. The building principal should be contacted if there are any issues that are not resolved after communications with the liaisons, classroom teachers, and Evaluation Team Chairs. For any additional questions, concerns, or information, please contact the Student Services office and ask to speak with the Assistant Director, Jason DelPorto, or Director, Kathleen Desmarais at 617 926 7766. We are here for you!