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TRANSPORTATION ENROLLMENT FORMS

This form is currently accepting responses.  The form will be paused at 4:00 PM on Friday, May 30th to allow for routing for the 2025 summer session. The form will reopen on Monday, June 9th at 7:30 AM. Fall transportation requests can be made now through July 28, 2025. The form will not accept transportation requests from 5:00 July 29, 2025 through August 6, 2025 to allow for routing for the fall session. The form will reopen on Wednesday, August 6 at 7:30 AM. 

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Please note: Families will need to complete a new form for each school year. You can request transportation for summer and fall transportation services within the same form. If your child's address, emergency contact information, or school change during the school year a new form will be required. 

OBSERVATION POLICY
Are you a parent, guardian or prospective student in MPUSD and want to observe a special education setting? Please find our observation policy here. 
 
ABOUT THE MPUSD SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

The MPUSD Special Education Department provides services to children with disabilities between the ages of birth through 22 years. Specialized Academic Instruction (SAI) is provided to address the educational and related needs of children with disabilities. The services across the district include:

  • Infant/Toddler and Pre-School Special Education Program
  • Resource Specialist Teachers at each of the District Schools
  • Speech/Language Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Adapted Physical Education
  • Assistive Technology
  • Deaf and Hard of Hearing 
  • Self-contained classes with specialized academic instruction for students who benefit most from mild to moderate adaptations to the general education curriculum. 
  • Self-contained classes with specialized academic instruction for students who benefit most from curriculum based on life skills curriculum standards ages 3 through 22 (STEPS)
  • Self-contained classes with specialized academic instruction for students whose needs require a therapeutic setting with embedded mental health supports, kindergarten through high school (KEY)
  • Self-contained classes with specialized academic instruction for students who are Autistic or who benefit most when provided extensive language scaffolds and supports, ages 3 through 22 (LEAP)
 
Special Education | Specialized Programs
 
Birth to 5 Program (Early Start)
Marina Child Development Center
Michelle Sturgill - Intake Coordinator
831-901-5029
[email protected] 

LEAP Program 

STEPS Program

KEY Program