The Exceptional Student Education program was designed to service students with special learning needs. Their goal is to provide every exceptional student with a free appropriate public education (FAPE), help them progress in school, access general curriculum, and prepare for life after school. The Marion County Public School System offers a continuum of services and programs to meet the individual needs of students requiring special education, ages 3 through 21. The degree to which services are provided is based individually on each child's Individual Educational Plan as set forth by a staffing committee. The continuum of services may be provided in a variety of settings, which include regular classrooms, resource rooms, hospital/homebound, separate day school, special class and non-public school (contractual). For more information on ESE services please visit the departmental website.  

The student service department focuses on preventative student drop out interventions, home schooling, and 504 plans.  

The purpose of Title I is to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach, at a minimum, proficiency on challenging State academic achievement standards and state academic assessments.  The Title I parent reource center location and contact information can be found on the link.

The ESOL Program provides teachers who are assigned ELL students training that addresses appropriate strategies for increasing English language development as well as the understanding of content.  This ensures that all ELL students can academically achieve English language skills and the educational goals of the Marion County Public Schools.  To find out more click on the link provided.

The academic resource tab is a listing of website links identified by the district as possible academic resources students can utilize throughout the mandated distance learning platform.  Due to the rapidly changing nature of web sites, and the multitude of links, there is always the possibility that students may encounter inappropriate material. We ask parents to monitor their child's navigation of the Internet.