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Operations & Support Services: Student Support Services

Overview

The overall goal of Student Support Services is to provide safe, orderly, and child-centered schools that support personalization and higher achievement for all students.  Our goal is achieved through a number of district and school-based supports, which work congruently with existing systems throughout the district.  This department is responsible for the oversight of all student data, attendance, disciplinary hearings, counseling and psychological services.

On this page:

  • Support Programs
  • Student Data Management
  • Hearings Office
  • Attendance Office
  • Tutoring Services
  • Student Registration
  • Student Support Services Contacts
  • External Resource Links

Support Programs

  • Appeals: Placement and Discipline
  • Crisis Response
  • Community Agency Linkages and Collaborations
  • Mental Health Counseling Collaborations
  • Positive Behavior Support Program Support
  • Safe and Caring Schools Programs Support
  • Services to Homeless Students
  • Solutions Team/Family Support Teams

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Student Data Management

  • Student Registration and Assignments
  • District-wide Student Data Oversight

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Hearings Office

  • Discipline Code Due Process
  • Discipline Code Enforcement

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Attendance Office

  • Attendance Law Compliance
  • CHINS Filings
  • Dropout Prevention and Recovery
  • Truancy Initiative

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Tutoring Services

  • Homebound Tutoring Services
  • Hospital Tutoring

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Student Registration

School Registration takes place 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at your local school.
When you register, please bring the following:

  • Completed Lawrence Public Schools Registration application
  • Proof of address(current utility bill, mortgage or rental agreement)
  • Child’s birth certificate(child must be 5 years old on or before September 1)
  • Child’s health record with immunizations and dates of physical exams and vision screening
  • Custody documentation if necessary

Preschool and Kindergarten Registration Application:
English & Spanish (PDF)

Grade 1 - 12 Registration Application:
English | Spanish (PDF)

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Student Support Services Contacts

Kathleen Halbach
Coordinator of Student Support Services
978-975-5905 ext. 390
email: khalbach@lawrence.k12.ma.us
Carl DeRubeis
Facilitator Student Support Services
978-975-5905 ext. 379
email: cderubeis@lawrence.k12.ma.us
Roberto Rios
Supervisor of Attendance
978-975-5905 ext. 351
email: rrios@lawrence.k12.ma.us
Adalberto Escoto
Hearings Officer
978-975-5905 ext. 351
email: aescoto@lawrence.k12.ma.us

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External Resource Links

  • Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence
  • Child Care Circuit
  • Community Day Care
  • Family Service
  • Greater Lawrence Community Action Council (GLCAC)
  • GLCAC Pathways to Family Success
  • Heath & Education Services
  • MSPCC
  • Family Service
  • UMASS Lowell Bring Diversity to Nursing Grant

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Lawrence Achievers

"Many of us here today are the embodiment of our parents' hopes and dreams; the reason they have sacrificed to provide us with the opportunity to pursue our own dreams unhindered by poverty, want or war," 2007 LHS valedictorian, Cam-Tu Huynh

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