Section 504 Information
| Process Coordinators information
The Special Services department in the Blue Springs R-IV School District includes both Special Education and Section 504.
Special Education
The Blue Springs R-IV School District offers a range of special services in order to provide a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment for students with disabilities. Parents who believe their children have a disability can contact the school counselor, the principal, the liaison process coordinator, or the district special services department.
Our local compliance plan is available for public view at the Bartow Administrative Building between the hours of 8 am and 4 pm, Monday through Friday.
IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) Public Notice
IDEA Procedural Safeguards document is available to download and review in English and Spanish.
• IDEA Procedural Safeguards in English
• IDEA Procedural Safeguards in Spanish
• Call our office at (816) 874-3200 for information in American Sign Language
Procedural Safeguards Notice Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Parents’ Bill of Rights are available in additional translations (Amharic, Arabic, Chinese-traditional, Farsi, French, German, Hindi, Hmong, Khmer, Korean, Kurdish, Romanian, Rwandan, Samoan, Serbian, Bosnian, Somali, Swahili, Urdu, and Vietnamese). For more information, contact the building Liaison Process Coordinator, building Principal or the office of the Special Education Department at (816) 874-3200.
Process Coordinator Contacts
Early Childhood Special Education Process Coordinators and Diagnosticians
Shellie Wolfenbarger Process Coordinator
Angela Jackson Diagnostician
Jill Cowan Diagnostician
Elementary Process Coordinators
JLE, JNE, JWE, LFE, SPE, TUE
Elizabeth Milligan Liaison
Sarah Brackenbury Strategies
Melissa Starr Evaluations
Lindsey Fritts Evaluations
Elementary Process Coordinators
CLE, CME, DYE, FSE, WBE, WYE
Lauren Stutzman Liaison
Kurtis Luster Strategies
Lynne Dorrance Evaluations
Jennifer Rye Evaluations
Middle School Process Coordinators
Julia Brush Liaison
Sheryl Spencer Strategies
Victoria Miller Evaluations
High School Process Coordinators
Tracy Truex Liaison
April Fallis Strategies
Elizabeth Hooper Evaluations
Special Program Process Coordinators
Stephanie Isaacks Out of District Placement
Christie Nesbitt Deaf/Hard of Hearing
Section 504
The Blue Springs R-IV School District provides a free appropriate public education to each qualified person with a disability in the District’s jurisdiction. Under Section 504 federal regulations, a free and appropriate education consists of the provision of regular or special education and related aids and services designed to meet individual educational needs of disabled persons as adequately as the needs of nondisabled persons are met.
Procedural Safeguards Notice Section 504 Parent/Student Rights in Identification, Evaluation, and Placement can be made available in foreign language translations. For more information, contact your school’s 504 Building Coordinator, Principal or the office of the Special Education Services at (816) 874-3200.
504 Building Coordinators
Each building has at least one 504 Building Coordinator. Please contact your child's school to speak with a Building Coordinator.