A: If you feel your child needs to be evaluated to determine if they qualify for Special Education services, please send us a letter requesting an evaluation (see address below) with a short description of your concerns about your child.

Once we receive your written request for an evaluation, we will mail you a packet consisting of:

1. Initial Evaluation Consent Form
2. Parent Guide to Special Education
3. Procedural Safeguards Notice
4. Social History Form

When we receive the signed consent form and completed Social History, the process of evaluating your child begins. Once the evaluation(s) have been completed, a CSE (Committee on Special Education) meeting will be held to discuss the results of the evaluation(s). If your child is found to be eligible for Special Education Services, an IEP (Individualized Education Program) will be developed outlining programs and/or related services to accommodate your child’s needs. The IEP will be reviewed annually.

 Send request for evaluation to:

Mexico Academy and Central School
Office of Pupil Services
16 Fravor Road, Suite A
Mexico, NY  13114

A: During the winter months, Mexico School District will occasionally have a one-hour or two-hour delay due to inclement weather conditions. Should this delay occur on a day when CSE or CPSE meetings are scheduled, the following schedule will be observed:

High School and Middle School:
· In the event of a one-hour delay, meetings scheduled to take place before 9:00 AM will be cancelled and rescheduled for a later date. All meetings scheduled to take place at 9:00 AM or later will take place as scheduled.

· For a two-hour delay, meetings scheduled to take place before 10:00 AM will be cancelled and meetings scheduled at 10:00 AM or later will take place as scheduled.

Mexico Elementary, Palermo Elementary and New Haven Elementary and CPSE:
· In the event of a one-hour delay, meetings scheduled to take place before 9:30 AM will be cancelled and rescheduled for a later date. All meetings scheduled to take place at 9:30 AM or later will take place as scheduled.

· For a two-hour delay, meetings scheduled to take place before 10:30 AM will be cancelled and meetings scheduled at 10:30 AM or later will take place as scheduled

In the event that school is closed:
All CSE or CPSE meetings scheduled for that day will be cancelled and rescheduled for a later date.

Should your child’s meeting be cancelled, you will be notified in writing of the new meeting date and time.

If you have any questions regarding this schedule, please call our office at 315-963-8400, ext. 5415.