Resources and Links
Policies Governing Services for Students with Disabilities- Amended March 2018
Procedural Safeguards: Handbook on Parents' Rights
Procedural Safeguards: Handbook on Parents' Rights- Spanish
North Carolina Public Schools- EC Website
Autism Society of North Carolina
TEACCH Autism Program
Exceptional Children's Assistance Center
Family Support Network of North Carolina
NC Vocational Rehabilitation
NC Department of Public Instruction Education Acronyms
NC Department of Public Instruction Parent Resources
What is Dyslexia? Video

Child Find Procedures
North Carolina has a continuing Child Find procedure in place to locate all children with disabilities residing in the State, including children with disabilities attending private schools or home schools, regardless of the severity of their disability, who are in need of special education and related services.
This effort also includes highly mobile children with disabilities (such as migrant and homeless children) and children who are suspected of being a child with a disability and in need of special education even though they are advancing from grade to grade. The purpose of this procedure is to enhance public understanding of exceptional children and youth with special needs, to identify and locate the children and youth, and to inform the public of available services.
Services include a complete evaluation, an individualized education program designed specifically for the child and a referral to other agencies providing special services. Clinton City Schools encourages anyone who knows of a child or youth who may have disabilities and is not receiving special assistance, to urge the parents/guardians to contact: Emily Pope, Exceptional Children Director at (910) 592-3132, School Principal or the Department of Public Instruction's Exceptional Children Division. You may also contact Emily Pope, EC Director if you have Child Find questions or would like to discuss a child find referral.
For more information contact: the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Exceptional Children Division, Raleigh, North Carolina at (919) 807-3996. Parents or guardians may call the toll-free North Carolina Department of Human Resources CARELINE at 1-800-662-7030 (Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Family Support Network at 1-800-TLC-0042 or the Exceptional Children's Assistance Center Parent Info Line at 1-800-962-6817.
Child Find Poster
Public Notice- NC Application for Grant Award Under Part B of the IDEA as Amended in 2004 for Federal Fiscal Year 2020
The proposed State Application is available for review in the main lobby of Clinton City School's Central Services Building, 300 Westover Road, Clinton, NC 28328 from 8:00 am-5:00 pm Monday-Thursday and from 8:00 am- 4:30 pm on Friday. Comments are being accepted during the review window of March 6 through May 17, 2019.
LEGAL NOTICE-IDEA Grant Participation
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA-Part B, Public Law 108.446) Project is presently being amended. The Project describes the special education programs that Clinton City Schools proposes for Federal funding for the 2020-2021 School Year. Interested persons are invited to participate in a virtual meeting on June 2, 2020 at 10:00 am using the link https://meet.google.com/ith-uwbb-vqn or joining by phone at 1-402-409-0096 and using PIN: 733 377 140# and are encouraged to review amendments to the Project and make comments concerning the implementation of special education under this Federal Program. All comments will be considered prior to submission of the amended Project to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction in Raleigh, North Carolina. The IDEA-Part B Project is open to the public for review and comments May 26 - June 2, 2020 by calling Emily Pope, Director of Exceptional Children 910-592-3132.
Special Olympics
Clinton City Schools joined forces with Sampson County Schools to participate in the 2019 Special Olympic Games on April 30, 2019.
Special Education students from Clinton City Schools and Sampson County Schools participated in our local games held at Clinton High School. Teams from L.C. Kerr School, Butler Avenue School, Sunset Avenue School, Sampson Middle School and Clinton High School participated in the games and activities from Clinton City Schools. The 2020 games were cancelled this year due to COVID-19 school closures.

EC Conference Educator of Excellence 2019
Mrs. Molly White, EC Teacher at Sunset Avenue School, represented Clinton City Schools as our 2019 Educator of Excellence during the Exceptional Children Division's 69th Conference on Exceptional Children. Mrs. White was recognized for this honor during the recognition ceremony on November 21, 2019. Congratulations to Mrs. White for this very deserved honor!