The Department of Special Services meets the diverse needs of students by providing support in their academic, social and emotional endeavors, through a variety of accommodations, modifications and specialized instruction.

Nantucket Public School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, gender identity, homlessness, or disability in programs, activities or employment.

Debra Gately
Director of Special Services & Civil Rights Coordinator   
gatelyd@npsk.org

Susan Oliveri
Special Services Team Chair - CPS/NHS
oliveris@npsk.org

Michelle Cadavid
Special Services Team Chair & School Psychologist - NES
cadavidm@npsk.org

Becky Earle
Administrative Assistant
earleb@npsk.org

Maria Chirinos
Administrative Assistant
chirinosm@npsk.org

Contact Information
Office:  Nantucket Elementary School
30 Surfside Road 
Nantucket,  MA 02554
Office Hours:  Monday - Friday,  8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Phone:  508.228.7285  ext. 1355
Fax:  508.825.2062

Special Services Staff
Nantucket Elementary School & Nantucket Intermediate School
School Psychologist - Jen Laredo
Guidance Counselors - Jeanne Clark, Lisa Hood, Aaron Peckham, Rachel Foulkes
Social Worker - Emily Sybert

Lauren Murray, Michelle Brannigan, Seth Kearns, Cara Seal, Laura Ubaldino 

Samantha Turcotte, Kathryn Linnell

Preschool

Elizabeth Baraldi, Morgan Lindsey Samantha Maxwell Lee, Jaime Collum, Juliette Lafavre

Cyrus Pierce Middle School
School Psychologist - Sarah Holton-Roth
Guidance Counselors - Jaclyn Normand, Dauna Coffin
Social Worker - Julie Kingston

Stephanie Brucher, Alyssa Billings, Emily Clarkson, Barbara Condon, Marita Scarlett, Theran Singleton, Mark Gonnella

Nantucket High School
School Psychologist - Sarah Holton-Roth
Guidance Counselors - Yuliya Chumak, Courtney Foster, Chris Miemiec
Social Worker - Julie Kingston 

Nicole Gross, Stephanie Johnson, Monique Malloy, Jessica Townsend, Casey Cordone, China Davis, Kylee Borgees

Student Success Program - Andrew Viselli

Related Services Providers - District Wide
Speech/Language Therapists - Cathy Bruno, Fred Durand, Abigail Pugh, Tedy Veleva (SLPA)
Occupational Therapists - Ashley Reuss, Alexis Healy-Wurzburg,  Noelle Johnson
Physical Therapists - Angela Wagner
Vision Therapist - Kathryn Traut
Deaf/Hard of Hearing Therapist - Kym Myers
Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) - Laura Stanley
Language Based Learning Disabilities Consultant - Ann Larson

DISCLAIMER REGARDING ONLINE SPECIAL SERVICES FOR REMOTE LEARNING & PARTICIPATION

The Nantucket Public Schools is committed to providing your child with services and supports to the extent practicable during the current school closure.  To that end, we are providing virtual sessions.

The services and supports proposed may be held individually or in a small-group virtual setting, which means it will be accessible to school staff, students, and parents/guardians who are provided a link to the virtual session.  We will strive to limit the disclosure of confidential student information but the nature of these virtual services and supports means that they will be provided in the virtual presence of other participants, including the parents/guardians of other students, and we cannot ensure student privacy.

In an effort to protect the safety and confidentiality of our students and families, we ask that participants, including school staff, parents/guardians, students, and any other providers, adhere to the following expectations in virtual sessions (including those provided individually or in a group):

• Participants will not share the links to the virtual services or supports with others or otherwise invite or allow others to participate in the virtual services or supports, without the school district’s express consent.
• Participants acknowledge other participants in the virtual sessions will see whatever is visible by the participants’ webcam or other device, including but not limit to themselves, their children, and portions of their homes. Likewise, participants acknowledge that they will see whatever is broadcasted by other participants.  Participants agree to participate in these virtual sessions in a quiet, private area free of distraction, to the extent practicable, to provide an environment conducive to learning and to protect student privacy.
  
  
• Participants agree not to disclose information about any other participant in the virtual session, other than the participants’ own child or family member.
  
  
• Participants understand that certain information that may be protected under, among other laws, FERPA, the IDEA, HIPPA, and the Massachusetts Student Records regulations, might be disclosed in the course of providing virtual services.
  
  
• Participants agree not to record in any way (g., video or audio recording, screenshots, or photographs) the virtual services or supports unless otherwise agreed to in advance in writing by all applicable parties. This prohibition applies to services/supports provided individually and in a group setting. The participants acknowledge that recording these services without consent may be prohibited by law.
  
  
• Participants agree to behave in a manner conducive to learning, to the extent possible. Pertinent district policies and rules, including but not limited to those prohibiting cyberbullying and any acceptable use policies, apply during virtual sessions. Students and family members shall refrain from sharing inappropriate visuals or using inappropriate language during sessions.  The school district reserves the right to remove from a virtual session any participant who violates these rules or is not acting appropriately.

Your participation, or that of your child in any video, audio, or virtual sessions arranged by the Nantucket Public Schools means you agree to these terms and will not hold the Nantucket Public schools liable for release of any student or personal information

Participants who are unwilling to abide by these provisions should contact Debra Gately, Director of Special Services at gatelyd@npsk.org