For over 120 years Harbor Spring Public Schools has been providing excellent educational services and programs for students and families for the greater area of Harbor Springs. From its inception, education at Harbor Springs Public Schools has been shaped by these strong core values and beliefs:
- Each child is unique and must be treated with dignity.
- Parent involvement is valued and expected.
- Educators inspire a quest for learning.
- Students are engaged in rigorous curricula.
Today Harbor Springs Public Schools continues to maintain its reputation as one of the highest respected school districts in northern Michigan. Maintaining and building on that reputation requires careful planning and forward thinking. Included in this document is our Strategic Plan for the 2006–2009 school years.
This document reviews our new Mission, Vision and Values statements and captures the reality that our graduates must be culturally competent and technologically savvy. This Strategic Plan requires the best efforts of all stakeholders to fulfill its promise for our students.
We invite you to be a part of our future.
District Process for Determination of a Specific Learning Disability (SLD):
Pattern of Strenghts and Weaknesses Process:
The district uses a Pattern of Strengths and Weaknesses Process for the determiantion of a Specific Learning Disability for all buildings and all grades in the district and includes the following:
1. The student does not achieve adequately for the student's age or to meet State-approved grade-level standards in one or more of the areas identified at 34 CFR Paragraph 300.309(a)(1)(i) when provided with learning experiences and instruction appropriate for the student's age or State-approved grade-level standards; and
2. The student exhibits a pettern of strengths and weaknesses in performance, achievement, or both, relative to age, State-approved grade-level standards, or intellectual development, that is determined by the MET to be relevant to the identification of a SLD, using appropriate assessments, consistent with the IDEA Evaluation Procedures and Additional Requirements for Evaluations and Reevaluations.
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