Special Services Overview

  • The Office of Special Services provides a variety of educational services to the students in Hatboro Horsham School District. These services are designed to meet the unique educational needs of our student population. Services include, but are not limited to, school counseling, school psychological services, nursing, resources for homeless students, school based medical ACCESS programming, and gifted education. Special Services staff members work collaboratively with the Office of Special Education to ensure a continuum of services for all students.

Surrogate Parents Notice:

  • Surrogate Parents: The School District is responsible for ensuring the rights of a child when no parent can be identified, the parent has been unable to be located following reasonable attempts to do so, the child is a ward of the state, or a child has been identified as an unaccompanied youth through the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. If you are interested in volunteering your time as a surrogate parent, please contact the Director of Special Education/Special Services. Interested parties must be at least 18 years of age.

Compulsory School Age

  • Important Change in Definition of “Compulsory School Age”

     

    Effective September 26, 2019, all children from the age of six (6) through the age of eighteen (18) must comply with compulsory school attendance requirements.  To meet these requirements, parents must ensure that their child between the ages of 6 and 18 is attending or participating in one of the following: a public elementary, middle, or high school; a public charter or cyber-charter school; a private licensed academic or private religious school; home tutoring by a certified teacher; or an approved program of home schooling.  Children may be excused from compulsory attendance for documented medical or other compelling reasons as outlined in District attendance policy and procedures.

Special Services Contact Information

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    Kimberly B. Myers, Ed.S, NCSP
    Director of Special Education and Special Services
    215-420-5801

    Administrative Assistant to the Director of Special Education and Special Services
    215-420-5802

     
    Timothy Clarke
    Supervisor of Special Education (K-5 Learning Support, K-5 Emotional Support)
    215-420-5806


    Supervisor of Special Education (6-12 Learning Support) 
    215-420-5803

     
    Supervisor of Special Education (K-12 Autistic, Life Skills, 6-12 Emotional Support)
    215-420-5802
     
    Coordinator of Special Services K-12
    215-420-5583
     
     
    Office of Special Education
    215-420-5839