Special Education

Sarah Drinkwater, Ph.D., Executive Director of Student Services
(253) 530-1081

Shannon Wiggs, Program Administrator                                                                        (253) 530-1082

The Student Services Department provides specially designed instruction and related services to benefit students with disabilities. Peninsula School District engages in ChildFind and other identification activities, and provides appropriate services for all identified students with disabilities. Our goal is to assist each student to achieve academic success, and to make the transition from school to the community and the world of work.

We are committed to providing a comprehensive program of instructional and related service options for a Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) for all children with disabilities, ages three to twenty-one years.

For additional information regarding special education resources in our state, click here to access the OSPI (Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction) Special Education website for Washington state.
Special Education Procedural Safeguards

Please contact Linda Randall for questions pertaining to the following schools:

Discovery Elementary
Harbor Heights Elementary
Harbor Ridge Middle School
Key Peninsula Middle School
Kopachuck Middle School
Gig Harbor High School
Henderson Bay High School
Peninsula High School                                                                                NW SOIL/Relife/Tacoma                                                
Right Response Trainer                 

Please contact Mandy Wilson for questions pertaining to the following schools:

Artondale Elementary
Evergreen Elementary
Minter Creek Elementary
Purdy Elementary
Vaughn Elementary
Voyager Elementary
Goodman Middle School
Community Transition Program - Soundview Annex                        Preschool Behavior Support                                                                    Right Response Trainer

Please contact Sarah Drinkwater for questions pertaining to these programs:

ECEAP
English Language Learner Program
Homeless Students
Preschool Programs
Psychologists
Section 504
Speech Language Pathologists (SLPs)
Special Education                                                                              Title/LAP

Please contact Shannon Wiggs for questions pertaining to the following programs:

AES Program at Gig Harbor High School
Nurses
Occupational & Physical Therapists (OTs/PTs)                                      Psychologists                                                                                              Special Education                                                                              Title/LAP Lead