Special Education

Resources

  • Quick Information Guide for Parents on the New IEP

    • This quick reference guide will share ways you can prepare for IEP meetings, collaborate with school professionals to use the new form during IEP meetings, and partner with the school throughout the year to put the IEP into action.

  • Parent's Notice of Procedural Safeguards

    • This Notice provides parents/guardians with important information about their right to be involved in planning their student’s special education. Procedural safeguards are the specific rules that make sure that parents/guardians know what the school district is proposing to do (“receive notice”), agree with the school district’s plan (“give parental consent”) and have a range of opportunities for resolving disagreements with the school district (“due process”).

  • Parent's Guide to Special Education

    • Written by the Federation for Children with Special Needs in collaboration with the Massachusetts Department of Education, the Guide is meant to serve as a resource for parents, and the organizations that serve them. The Guide contains the most current and accurate information available regarding the special education system in Massachusetts. 

  • Andover's Special Education Procedural Manual

    • Andover Public School's Special Education Procedural Manual

  • Tiered Focused Monitoring Report - April 2023

    • During the 2022-2023 school year, Andover Public Schools participated in a Tiered Focused Monitoring Review (TFM) conducted by the Department’s Office of Public School Monitoring (PSM). The purpose of the Tiered Focused Monitoring Review is to monitor compliance with regulatory requirements focusing on special education and civil rights.

Programming

  • Preschool

    • Preschool special education and peer programs are located at Shawsheen.

  • Bridge Autism Program

    • The Bridge program is located at Shawsheen (PreK), West Elementary School (K-5), West Middle School (6-8), and Andover High School (9-12).

  • EXCEL Program

    • The Excel program is located at High Plain Elementary School (K-5), Wood Hill Middle School (6-8), and Andover High School (9-12).

  • Language-Based Learning Disability Program

    • The Language-Based Learning Disability program is located at Bancroft Elementary School (2-5), Doherty Middle School (6-8), and Andover High School (9-12).

  • SAIL Program

    • The SAIL program is located at Wood Hill Middle School (6-8) and Andover High School (9-12).

  • T3/SSP/TLC

  • Transition Opportunities Program (TOP)

    • This program is a partnership between Andover Public and North Andover Public Schools. Students from both communities attend together.