Process Coordinators | Section 504 | Liggett Trail Education Center
The Special Services Department in the Blue Springs R-IV School District includes both Special Education and Section 504.
For a list of frequently asked questions for the upcoming school year, please click here.
Special Education
The Blue Springs R-IV School District offers a range of 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, or it can be viewed here.
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 Services Department at (816) 874-3200.
Liggett Trail Education Center
Liggett Trail Education Center is the home to several early childhood programs (early childhood special education, parents as teachers, etc.) as well as the school-age multiple disabilities/medically fragile program.
For further information, please call 816-874-3680 or visit https://ltec.bssd.net/.
Process Coordinators
| Early Childhood Special Education Process Coordinators and Diagnosticians |
| Shellie Wolfenbarger |
Process Coordinator |
| Angela Jackson |
Diagnostician |
| Jill Cowan |
Diagnostician |
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| Elementary Process Coordinators |
| JLE, JNE, JWE, LFE,
SPE, TUE |
| Elizabeth
Milligan |
Liaison |
| Lindsey Fritts |
Strategies |
| Melissa Starr |
Evaluations (JLE, JNE, LFE) |
| Alex Hart |
Evaluations (JWE, SPE, TUE) |
| Elementary Process Coordinators |
| CLE, CME, DYE, FSE,
WBE, WYE |
| Stephanie
Clevenger |
Liaison |
| Kurtis Luster |
Strategies |
| Lynne Dorrance |
Evaluations (CLE, FSE, VSE, WYE) |
| Jennifer Rye |
Evaluations (CME, DYE, WBE) |
| 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 |
| Lauren
Stutzman |
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 Special Services.
504 Building Coordinators
Each building has at least one 504 Building Coordinator. Please contact your child's school to speak with a Building Coordinator.
| Coordinator |
Building |
Students |
| Joy Klotz |
BSHS |
10th grade |
| Alex Duvall |
BSHS |
11th grade |
| Ryan Luethje |
BSHS |
12th grade |
| Tammy Cipolla |
BSSHS |
9-10th grade |
| Susan Hall |
BSSHS |
11-12th grade |
| Staci Pizzulo |
FC |
9th grade |
| Olivia Webb |
FC |
9th grade |
| Nicole Gaulden |
VVHS |
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| Jim Brady |
BHMS |
M-Z |
| Emily Smith |
BHMS |
A-L |
| Julianne Cunningham |
DWMS |
All 7th, 8th L-Z |
| James Norman |
DWMS |
All 6th, 8th A-K |
| Angela Sullivan |
MRMS |
7th grade |
| Bradley Coleman |
MRMS |
8th grade |
| Laura Mermelstein |
MRMS |
6th grade |
| Dan Hicks |
PKMS |
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| Eric Morrow |
PKMS |
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| Katie Marquart |
CLE |
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| Ann Billings |
CME |
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| Tricia Theiss |
DYE |
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| Bethany Zier |
FSE |
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| Dana Hicks |
JLE |
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| Melinda Trowbridge |
JNE |
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| Ariel Boulicault |
JWE |
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| Krysta Ruddell |
LFE |
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| Ann Gibler |
SPE |
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| Erica Barbosa |
TUE |
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| Kerri Mears |
VSE |
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| Stacy Scalfaro |
WBE |
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| Ashleigh Adkins |
WYE |
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