Central Office Special Education Staff

Eric Penalber, PhD 225-686-4245 [email protected]
 Director of Special Education:
Coordinates Special Education Programs

                                                                                       Central Office Special Education Staff                                                                            
Dee Langlois 225-686-4269
 [email protected] 

 Special Education Transition Coordinator: Transition/LRS Grant, April Dunn Act, Community Based,  Opportunity Fair, Tentative Placement, TED - ERP, PL & PD, Pre-ETS, CABS Transportation. 
Chris McGinnis  686-7600 ext. 111   [email protected] Pupil Appraisal Coordinator: Social Workers, Psychologists, Educational Diagnosticians, Child Find, SBLC, Seclusion & Restraint, Handle with Care
Christy Wright 225-686-4249 [email protected] IEP Facilitator, Newsletter, SDA Fair Day
Melanie Achord 225-686-4252 [email protected]

 IEP Facilitator, SPED Reps, Self-Review 
Dana Lee 225-686-4266 [email protected] IEP Facilitator, Opportunity Fair
Donna Ramsey, EdD   225-686-4271 [email protected] IEP Facilitator, Special Education Resource Guide, IEP Fac. Mentor, Opportunity Fair
Emily Andrews 225-686-4281 [email protected] IEP Facilitator, Website SPED TEAMS/Forms, SPED Mini-Conference
Laverne Traylor 664-4823 ext 33 [email protected] IEP Facilitator: Significant Disabilities, Autism, LEAP Connect, Special Olympics, Para Training, Touchstone, Tickfaw Day, SDA Fair Day
Joni Walker, EdD 225-686-4276  
 [email protected] Program Development Coordinator: Adaptive Physical Educators, Assistive Technology, Occupational/Physical Therapists, Teachers of the HOH/HI, VI, HOH/HI Interpreters, ESYS, Compliance, Legal Issues, PII
Kellie Barbay  225-686-4232 [email protected] IEP Facilitator - Discipline
Kylene Holman 225-686-4247 [email protected] IEP Facilitator, New Teacher Program, IEP with Resource Guide
Haley Leigh Franklin
 225-686-7600 ext. 145
 [email protected]
 504/Dyslexia Coordinator: Section 504 and Bulletin #1903 Compliance and Implementation
Meghan Yerby 225-686-4226 [email protected]
 Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) Coordinator: ECSE Program, TS Gold Compliance, 3-5 year-old-students identified with disabilities, Child Search, Head Starts, Itinerant ECSE Teachers
Mimi Tarver 225-686-4267 [email protected] IEP Facilitator - Discipline
Monica Hanna    225-686-4243  [email protected]  Response to Intervention (RTI) Coordinator: Academic Interventionists, RTI support tutors, i-Ready, Performance Matters, Yes I Can, Opportunity Fair
Roz McKneely  225-686-4374 [email protected]  IEP Facilitator, Yes I Can, Tickfaw Park Day
Tammy Crawford 225-686-4280 [email protected] Speech/Audiology Coordinator: Speech Therapy & Audiology Programs, IDEA Technology ordering, Helpdesk ticket Portal, SPED inventory procedures, eSER WEB IEP Program, eSER and SPED PowerSchool user accounts, Medicaid Coordinator/RMS, Speech IEPs and evaluations, Speech Compliance,  Websites SLP and SPED TEAMS
Velvet Crow 225-686-4242 [email protected]
 Special Education Curriculum and Gifted/Talented  Coordinator: Homebound Services, Self-Review, i-Ready, Professional Development, Curriculum, Self-Review, Gifted Talented IEPs, SPED Mini-Conference

                                                                                                                 SECRETARIES                                                                                                               
Danita Duffy 225-686-4248
225-686-4335 Fax		 [email protected] Director of Special Education's Secretary, SPED Office Manager, Travel Forms, Conference Request, Ordering for SPED Dept., Supplemental Pay Forms 
Blake Robards
 225-686-4353
225-686-4283 Fax		 [email protected]
 Records Secretary: Obtains records and jurisdiction for every student with special education services enrolling from outside LPPS district, sends records and closes services for all students (current & previous) who enroll outside LPPS school district, imports/scans all records into and maintains all files in PaperVision
Danielle Sholty
 225-686-4244
 [email protected]
 eSER Secretary: Open IEP services on all students and assures services are entered in eSER accurately, Medicaid, SPED Transportation.
Tairah Howard 225-686-4359
225-686-4283 Fax		 [email protected] eSER Operator: 
Class Reports, Child Count, eSER Reports, PowerSchool and eSER data review, eSER compliance, eSER evaluation processing, Out-of-System Reviews (OOSR).
Terri Ayme 225-686-4286
225-686-4283 Fax		 [email protected] eSER Operator: 
Class Reports, Child Count, eSER Reports, PowerSchool and SER data review, eSER compliance, eSER evaluation processing, Out-of-System Reviews (OOSR).