Special Education Staff

Eric Penalber, Ph. D. 225-686-4245 Eric.Penalber@lpsb.org
 Director of Special Education: Coordinate Special Education Programs
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Bonnie Boulton, Ph. D. 225-686-4276 Bonnie.Boulton@lpsb.org Program Development Coordinator: Adaptive Physical Educators, Assistive Technology, Occupational/Physical Therapists, Teachers or the HI or VI, ESYS
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Chris McGinnis
 686-7600 ext 111 Christine.McGinnis@lpsb.org Pupil Appraisal Coordinator: Social Workers, Psychologists, Educational Diagnosticians, Child Search
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Dara Hatchell 225-686-4271 Dara.Hatchell@lpsb.org IEP Facilitator: Jr. High & High Schools 
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April Morgan 225-686-4266 April.Morgan@lpsb.org Special Education Transition Coordinator: Vocational Transition 
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Christy Wright 225-686-4249 Christina.Wright@lpsb.org IEP Facilitator: Elementary Schools, March of Dimes
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Darlene Davis 225-686-4252 Darlene.Davis@lpsb.org IEP Facilitator: Elementary Schools, Gifted/Talented Programs

Dee Langlois 225-686-4269 Dee.Langlois@lpsb.org IEP Facilitator: Jr. High Schools, New SPED Teacher Development
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Demarious Poole 225-686-4242 Demarious.Poole@lpsb.org Special Education Curriculum Coordinator: Homebound Services

Monica Hanna 225-686-4243 Monica.Hanna@pb.org Response to Intervention Coordinator: Academic Interventions

Jackie Abington 664-4823 ext 33 Jackie.Abington@lpsb.org IEP Facilitator: Significant Disabilities, Autism, LAA1, LEAP Connect/LAA1 
Jennifer Veals 225-686-4226 Jennifer.Veals@lpsb.org Early Childhood SPED (ECSE) Coordinator: ECSE Program, AEPSi Compliance, 3-5 year-old students idenfified with disabilities
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Joni Walker 225-686-4267 Joni.Walker@lpsb.org Special Education Discipline/IEP Facilitator: Discipline
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Kellie Barbay  225-686-4232 Kellie.Barbay@lpsb.org Special Education Discipline/IEP Facilitator: Discipline
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Michelle Purvis 225-686-4281 Michelle.Purvis@lpsb.org IEP Facilitator: Elementary Schools, Special Education Resource Guide, Professional Development
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Marcia McKnight 225-686-4359 Marcia.McKnight@lpsb.org 504/Dyslexia Coordinator: Section 504 and Bulletin #1903 Compliance and Implementation
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Roz McKneely  225-686-4374 Rosilyn.McKneely@lpsb.org  IEP Facilitator:
Elementary Schools  
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Tammy Crawford 225-686-4280 Tammy.Crawford@lpsb.org Speech Coordinator: Speech Therapy & Audiology Program, Ordering & Tracking of SPED Technology, SER WEB IEP Program, Medicaid/RMS, Speech Compliance 

 SECRETARIES
Debbie Sawyer 225-686-4248 Debbie.Sawyer@lpsb.org Director's Secretary, SPED Office Manager, Travel Forms, Conference Request, Ordering M & S for SPED Dept., Supplemental Pay Forms 
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Cindy Bergeron 225-686-7600
Ext 145 Phone
225-686-7605 Fax		 Cindy.Bergeron@lpsb.org Records Secretary: Enters Initial, Reevaluations and Out-of-System Reviews (OOSR) on  to SER, disseminates evaluations & OOSR, responds to all records request, destruction of special education records
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Blake Robards 225-686-4353 Blake.Robards@lpsb.org Records Secretary: Papervision; Paperflow; SPED record file room
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Denise Duncan 225-686-7600
Ext 142 Phone
225-686-7605 Fax		 Denise.Duncan@lpsb.org Compliance Secretary: Information on in-parish transfers between Powerschool and SER programs, Class Reports, Child Count, SER reports
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Heather Wheeler 225-686-4244 heather.wheeler@lpsb.org SER Services: Open services on all students and assures services are entered in SER accurately, Medicaid

Notice of Discrimination

The Livingston Parish School Board does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, national origin, disability or gender in its educational programs and activities (including employment and application for employment), and it is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of gender by Title IX (20 USC 168) and on the basis of disability by Section 504 (42 USC 794). The Title IX Coordinator is Stephen Parrill

Livingston Parish Public Schools is committed to ensuring that all websites and web applications, both public-facing and for internal use, conform to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (W.C.A.G.) 2.0 Level AA. Any issues should be reported toLPWebAccessibility@lpsb.org. (stephen.parrill@lpsb.org), Assistant Superintendent, P.O. Box 1130, Livingston, LA 70754; Phone (225) 686-7044. The Special Education Director is Dr. Eric Penalber (eric.penalber@lpsb.org); the LPPS 504 Coordinator is Marcia McKnight (Marcia.McKnight@lpsb.org), P.O. Box 1130 Livingston, LA 70754; Phone (225)686-4248.

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