Special Education
Special Services Leadership
Sharine Carver
Executive Director of Special Services
Joan Lawson
Director of District Programs
Tammy Unruh
Director of Secondary Education
Dr. Jameson Moore
Director of Special Services Elementary & ECE
Teresa Cowan
Principal on Special Assignment
Dr. Luisa Sanchez-Nilsen
ECE Coordinator - Holly Street Early Learning Center
Issaquah School District Special Services programs serve students with disabilities from birth through twenty-one years who reside within district boundaries. As specified in federal and state law, students with disabilities are served in the least restrictive environment to the maximum extent possible. Thus, at all schools in the district, there are students with special needs participating as appropriate in general education classrooms and general education curriculum.
Special education services include individualized, specially-designed instruction in academic, self-help, communication, motor, vocational and social skill areas. Individual Education Programs (IEPs) are developed at least annually. IEP goals are written for each student based on the results of formal and informal testing and observations. Some student will also have objectives for each goal. The district carefully sequences instruction and maintains data about student progress.
For more information about Issaquah School District Special Education services, please visit our district's Special Education page.
Department Contact Information
Karin Farrar - Executive Assistant - 425-837-7085
Ursula Baba - Assistant to Director of District Programs - 425-837-7090
Kristen McTague - Assistant to Director of Elementary Education - 425-837-7143
Student Records Contact Information
Email - Student Records
Fax - 425-837-7029
Katherine Johnson - Compliance Technician - 425-837-7088
Angela Youngen - Compliance Technician - 425-837-7167