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Legal Notices:
The Corrigan-Camden Independent School District (District), as an equal opportunity educational provider and employer, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, and /or age in educational programs or activities that it operates or in employment decisions. The District is required by Title Vi and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the American Disabilities Act, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, as well as Board policy not to discriminate in such a manner. CCISD does not discriminate on the basis of disability or sex and complies with the provisions of 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.
● Section 504 Contact: Diana Locke, 504 S. Home Street Corrigan, Texas 75939, (936) 398-2341
● Americans with Disabilities Act Contact: Diana Locke, Administration Office,504 S. Home Street, Corrigan, Texas 75939, (936) 398-2341
● Title IX Contact: Brian Aiken, Superintendent,504 S. Home Street, Corrigan, Texas 75939, (936) 398-2341
Texas Public Information Act: CCISD maintains a wide variety of documents relating to its statistical composition, operation, employees, and students. Individuals and organizations may see information regarding the district using a public-information (open records) request via the CCISD Communications Department, Susan Ard, CPC Director of Communications mail: CCISD Communications Department 504 S. Home Street, Corrigan, Texas 75939 or email your request to Mrs. Ard at: sard@ccisdtx.com
Tax rate Information: Corrigan-Camden ISD adopted a tax rate that will raise more taxes for maintenance and operations than last year’s tax rate (Due to the increase in Taxable Values). The Tax Rate will raise taxes for maintenance and operations on a $100,000 home by approximately $ 1.00.
Texas Education Agency: Division of Career and Technical Education Corrigan-Camden ISD offers Career and Technical Education programs in Agriculture Engineering, Architecture and Construction Trades, Business Management, Law Enforcement, Health Science, STEM, Arts, and Humanities. Admission to these programs is based on open enrollment. It is the policy of Corrigan-Camden ISD not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, or handicap in its vocational programs, services, or activities as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. It is the policy of Corrigan-Camden ISD not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex or handicap, or age in its employment practices as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended; and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. Corrigan-Camden ISD will take steps to ensure that lack of English language skills will not be a barrier to admission and participation in all educational and vocational programs.
For information about your rights or grievance procedures, contact the Title IX Coordinator, Brian Aiken, Superintendent, at 504 S. Home St., Corrigan, Texas 75939, (Phone: 936-398-2341), and/or the Section 504 Coordinator, Diana Locke, at 504 S. Home St., Corrigan, Texas 75939 (936) 398-2341 Extension 1013.
Corrigan-Camden ISD belongs to the Polk County Special Education Services. Please refer to our website under Departments, click on Special Education Services.
CCISD PURPOSE
The purpose of Corrigan-Camden ISD’s Dyslexia and Reading Intervention Department is to assess students suspected of having dyslexia and provide dyslexia intervention to those students with dyslexia. The Corrigan-Camden ISD Dyslexia Program provides explicit, direct instruction organized in a systematic, sequential, and cumulative way to meet the specific learning needs of students with dyslexia. This intervention program fulfills the requirements of the Texas Dyslexia Law to utilize individualized, intensive, and multisensory methods to deliver the components of instruction, which include phonemic awareness, graphophonemic knowledge, language structure, linguistics, and strategy usage. Reading Intervention Teachers are provided with the training and support needed to deliver an appropriate instructional program to students eligible for these services. Staff development opportunities are made available to classroom teachers to meet the classroom needs of students with dyslexia. Parent information opportunities are also offered.
Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is neurobiological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities.
Shelley Willson, CC Elementary Dyslexia Therapist
936-398-2341
Sherry Mochman, CC Junior High Teacher
936-398-2341
Dr. Judy Thompson, CC Elementary Teacher
936-398-2341
The purpose of Section 504 is to eliminate discrimination on the basis of disability in any program or activity provided by school districts and other educational providers that receive federal financial assistance.
No qualified student with a disability may, solely on the basis of a disability, be excluded from a district’s programs and activities.
The purpose of Section 504 is to ensure that students who are Section 504 eligible have educational opportunities equivalent to those of their nondisabled peers. School districts are required to provide appropriate general education or appropriate special education and related aides and services. This means that school districts may be required to provide accommodations to ensure that equal educational opportunities are available to eligible students with disabilities.
Under Child Find requirements, districts are required to identify, locate and evaluate qualified disabled students residing within district boundaries. Additionally, public schools are required under this statute to provide a free, appropriate public education, or FAPE, to individuals who qualify as persons disabled under Section 504. FAPE, under Section 504 regulations, consists of a program of general and/or special education and related aids and services that are designed to meet the education needs of a disabled student as adequately as the educational needs of a nondisabled student. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is charged with enforcing this statute.
Diana Locke, District 504 Contact
936-398-2341 ext. 1013
Amy Kilgore, CC Elementary Counselor
936-398-2341 ext. 4003
Leslie Ricks, CC Junior High Counselor
936-398-2341 ext. 3003
Sage Gardner, CC High School Counselor
936-398-2341 ext. 2003
The goal of the State Compensatory Education (SCE) Program is to provide funding to reduce disparity in performance on assessment instruments or disparity in the rates of high school completion between educationally disadvantaged students, at-risk students, and all other students. The purpose of the SEC Program is to increase academic achievement and reduce the dropout rate for these students by providing supplemental programs and services.
If your child experiences a learning loss, there are steps that can be taken to help your child get back on track. Compensatory Education. Compensatory education (comp ed) is the way that districts can provide extra services and support when a student qualifies for this service.
For more information, questions or concerns please contact your student’s campus counselor
Homebound Services are for students that are typically confined to their home or a hospital.
Contact: Diana Locke, dlocke@ccisdtx.com or 936-398-2341 ext. 1013
Homeless Services are for students who would fall under the definition of children and youth sharing housing due to loss of housing, economic hardship or a similar reason.
The mckinney-vento definition of homeless subtitle vii-b of the mckinney-vento homeless assistance act (per title ix, part a of the elementary and secondary education act, as amended by the every student succeeds act) defines homeless as follows: the term “homeless children and youths”– (a) means individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence (within the meaning of section 103(a)(1)); and (b) includes– (i) children and youths who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason; are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters; or are abandoned in hospitals;* (ii) children and youths who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings (within the meaning of section 103(a)(2)(c)); (iii) children and youths who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; and (iv) migratory children (as such term is defined in section 1309 of the elementary and secondary education act of 1965) who qualify as homeless for the purposes of this subtitle because the children are living in circumstances described in clauses (i) through (iii). if you live in one of these situations you may: continue to attend the school in which you were last enrolled, even if you have moved way from that school’s attendance zone or district you can receive transportation from your current residence back to your school of origin. qualify automatically for child nutrition programs (free and reduced price lunch and other district food programs).
For more information contact: Diana Locke at dlocke@ccisdtx.com or 936-398-2341 ext. 1013
Child Find is a component of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act. (IDEA) Child Find is a continuous process of public awareness activities, screening and evaluation designed to locate, identify, and evaluate children with disabilities who are in need of Early Childhood Intervention.
Contact your student’s campus counselor regarding information
CTE is Career & Technical Education. CTE provides an important pathway to success for high school students and offers each student opportunities to personalize their education based on their career interests and unique learning needs. These programs are taught and reflect the conditions in the workplace and through inquiry-based projects. The students possibly have an option to graduate high school with a certification in a field to immediately join the workforce.
Contact Sage Taylor-Gardner at staylor@ccisdtx.com or 936-398-2341 ext. 2003
GT is Gifted & Talented. These students who participate in G/T services demonstrate self-directed learning, thinking, research, and communication skills.
Contact: Diana Locke, dlocke@ccisdtx.com or 936-398-2341 ext. 1013
ESL is English as a Second Language. This program of techniques, methodology and special curriculum designed to teach ELL students English language skills, which may include listening, speaking, reading, writing, study skills, content vocabulary, and culture orientation.
Contact: DeAnna Prunes at dprunes@ccisdtx.com or 936-398-2341 ext. 1002
Corrigan-Camden Independent School District
Title IX Contacts
Title 9 Coordinator: Brian Aiken, Superintendent of Schools
Lead Investigator: DeAnna Prunes, Director of Curriculum & Instruction and Federal Grants
Direct Investigators: Laci Murphy, CC Elementary Principal, Jared Slaten, CC Elementary Assistant Principal, Tina Slaten, CC Junior High Principal, Jeremy Durham, CC Junior High Dean of Students, Karis Watson, CC High School Principal, Ryan Hall, CC High School Dean of Students.
District Decision Maker: Diana Locke, Director of Human Resources & Special Programs
Corrigan-Camden Independent School District
Title IX Compliance:
In compliance with the requirements of Title IX, 34 C.F.R. 106.45 (b)(10), Corrigan-Camden ISD has provided required training to all Title IX personnel including the District’s Title IX Coordinator(s), Investigator(s), Decision-Maker(s), and Facilitator(s) on October 13, 2022.
This training can be viewed by going to the district’s website
Advanced Academics includes courses, programs, assessments, services and support that provide opportunities for students to demonstrate college and career readiness and ear postsecondary credits.
Contact: Sage Taylor-Gardner, CCHS Counselor
staylor@ccisdtx.com or 936-398-2341 ext. 2003
RTI is a multi-tiered approach that many districts use to help students who are having difficulty with academics or behavior. The goal of RTI is to screen early and deliver support to students quickly. These educators/interventionists are used to help all students, including struggling learners.
The RTI approach gives Texas students opportunities to learn and work at their grade level.
For more information, questions or concerns please contact your student’s campus counselor
D.A.E.P. (Disciplinary Alternative Education Program) this program is designed to assist students with problems which interfere with their education or which disrupt the educational efficiency of the regular campus.
For more information, question or concerns please contact the campus principal.
ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) is the federal K-12 education law. This program, formally No Child Left Behind, reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Contact: DeAnna Prunes at dprunes@ccisdtx.com or 936-398-2341 ext. 1002