The Sioux Falls School District offers intensive programming in a self-contained classroom setting at four of our 23 elementary sites for students who are not making adequate progress in their home attendance center, even with additional supports and services. Students with significant disabilities who may require focused instruction on functional daily living skills embedded within academic learning and across the majority of their school day could be recommended by their IEP team to attend one of these elementary schools:

• Susan B. Anthony Elementary

• John F. Kennedy Elementary

• Terry Redlin Elementary

Elementary students who require highly structured individualized school programming whose challenging behavioral and emotional needs significantly impact learning could be recommended by their IEP team to attend Horace Mann Elementary.

All decisions regarding educational placement in a more restrictive and specialized setting occur within the context of the IEP meeting, of which parents are critical members.

If you have questions about your child’s educational programming or questions about special education, please contact your child’s school or the district office. We look forward to collaborating with you.

The Special Services Department welcomes communication regarding special education and related topics with all stakeholder groups, especially parents. Through an annual parent survey process, parents have communicated wanting more information about topics and organizations supporting youth with disabilities. As a result, a planning group of parents, partner agencies, and District leadership staff designed three educational sessions available for all parents/guardians of youth with disabilities.