Special Education Report

Date:  August 27, 2025

To:  RSU #74 Board of Directors

From:  Tammy Wyman, Special Education Director

Re:  Board Report for August 2025

I want to start by thanking everyone for welcoming me to the team at Carrabec.  I am also welcoming 4 new educational technicians to our staff this year.  These are staff filing open positions at Carrabec High, Carrabec Community School and Garret Schenck.  We are happy to have these additions to our staff and look forward to working with them.  

The Special Education Department has had a busy start to the school year.  We currently have 130 identified students and are still receiving paperwork daily for newly registered students.  We will be holding transition meetings for new students joining the Carrabec community.

We are beginning the school year with a solid special education staff and only a few vacancies that I continue to work on filling.  Our classrooms are beautiful and being utilized to the best of our ability to provide supportive spaces for students.  I have been working with teachers and building principals to provide appropriate spaces for programming needs. 

We will be continuing our contracts with evaluators and service providers which ensures as much continuity for our students as possible.  In particular, BD North and Maine Health for speech and language have been efficient at beginning services as soon as possible for our students.  We will continue in person services for Occupational Therapy with Gallant Services.  We do not have the need for physical therapy services at this time.

I look forward to working with our staff and our students' growth throughout the school year.

Respectfully Submitted,

Tammy Wyman