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Special Education

Sarah Drinkwater, Ph.D., Executive Director of Student Services
(253) 530-1081

Cathi Sagstad, Program Administrator
(253) 530-1082

The Student Services Department provides specially designed instruction and related services to benefit students with disabilities. Peninsula School District engages in ChildFind and other identification activities, and provides appropriate services for all identified students with disabilities. Our goal is to assist each student to achieve academic success, and to make the transition from school to the community and the world of work.

We are committed to providing a comprehensive program of instructional and related service options for a Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) for all children with disabilities, ages three to twenty-one years.

For additional information regarding special education resources in our state, click here to access the OSPI (Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction) Special Education website for Washington state.

Please contact Sarah Drinkwater for questions pertaining to the following schools and programs:

Discovery Elementary
Evergreen Elementary
Vaughn Elementary
Voyager Elementary
Goodman Middle School
Harbor Ridge Middle School                                                                      Key Peninsula Middle School                                       

Behavior Specialists                                                                              ECEAP
English Language Learner Program
Nurses                                                                                                Preschool Programs                                                               
Psychologists                                                                                             Safe & Drug Free Schools                                                                    Section 504                                                                                            Speech Language Pathologists (SLPs)

Please contact Cathi Sagstad for questions pertaining to the following schools and programs:

Artondale Elementary
Harbor Heights Elementary
Minter Creek Elementary
Purdy Elementary
Kopachuck Middle School
Gig Harbor High School                                                                        Henderson Bay High School                                                           Peninsula High School                                                                   Community Transition Program - Soundview Annex                  Alternative Education Setting (AES)

Migrant Students                                                                            Occupational & Physical Therapists (OT's & PTs) Psychologists                                                                                          Social Workers                                                                                     Title/LAP                                                                                                     Vision Specialist










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The Peninsula School District shall provide equal educational opportunity and treatment for all students in all aspects of the academic and activities program without regard to race, creed, color, or national origin, sex, sexual preference, marital status, previous arrest (unless a clear and present danger exists), or incarceration or non-program-related physical, sensory or mental disabilities, as per RCW 49.60 Law Against Discrimination.

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