SPECIAL EDUCATION
Specially designed instruction for students with disabilities is made available to students ages 3-21. All children and youth
with disabilities are provided a free and appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment. This instruction is at no cost
to parents. Specially designed instruction in the Knox County School System promotes a partnership between parents and educators to
provide an appropriate, individualized program for all children with a disability.
The Knox County School System has an ongoing CHILD FIND campaign. The purpose of the campaign is to find any child or
youth who resides in a home, facility, or residence in the Knox County School District and may have a disability and need special
education. The District is looking for those children and youth, ages 3-21, who are not in school or those who are in school but not
receiving the special education they need to have an appropriate public education.
The District will make sure any child or youth who has a disability, regardless of how severe the disability, is provided an
appropriate public education at no cost to the parents of the child or youth.
If you know of a child or youth who lives in the District who may have a disability and is not receiving needed services, bring,
telephone, or send information to: Special Education Director, 200 Daniel Boone Drive, Barbourville, KY 40906. The district office
is open between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. The telephone number is (606) 546-3157.
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TEXTBOOKS
State textbooks and instructional materials are issued to all Knox County students at no charge to student. The textbooks
are issued by number, and students are responsible for returning the books at the end of the school year. Students must pay for
textbooks that are lost or damaged.
VISITORS TO SCHOOL
BOARD POLICY 10.5 Excerpts: Community Relations
LOCAL CITIZENS
The Board encourages parents, professional educators, and others who have legitimate educational interests pertaining
to the District’s public school program to visit the schools. To ensure that school personnel are aware of visitors’ presence, all
visitors must report immediately to the Principal’s office upon entering the school and identify themselves as well as declare their
purposes for visiting.
REGISTRANTS
No registrant, as defined in KRS 17.500, nor any person residing outside of Kentucky who would be required to register
under KRS 17.510 if the person resided in Kentucky, shall be on the clearly defined grounds of a District school, except with
the advance written permission of the Principal or the Board that has been given after full disclosure of the person’s status
under KRS
17.510 as a registrant or sex offender from another state and all registrant information as required in KRS 17.500.
OUTSIDERS
Professional educators and citizens who are from other communities and who wish to observe the schools in operation are
welcome. Arrangements for such visits must be made in advance with the Superintendent.
CONDUCT
All visitors to the schools must conduct themselves so as not to interfere with the daily operation of the school program.
TOBACCO USE PROHIBITED
The use of tobacco is prohibited in any building owned or operated by the Board where children meet on a routine or
regular basis.