SPED Breakdown by Zone

Overall, 31% of the students attending HMS receive Special Education Services.

APS' Department of Special Education for educator can be accessed here. 

APS' Parent-friendly Department of Special Education website can be accessed here. 

APS' Special Education Department Liason can be reached at 505-855-9912 Monay-Friaday 8 AM- 4:30 PM

The chart below shows us the breakdown of students receiving special education services by zone. It is important to note that A, B, C, & D -level Special Education designations (labels) have nothing to do with the behavioral or intellectual quality of our students. Rather, A-level students receive the least number of hours in a Special Education class while the D-Level students receive the most number of hours. 

One of the most striking statistics on this page for me is seen in Zone 04- Northern Edge. No zone in our borders has a larger percentage of its population listed as receiving SPED services! Why is this? Is there something about the era in which these homes were built? Is there a lot of lead in the paint? In the pipes? Is there something funky with the water in those wells or in the city water that is pumped into those homes? We don't yet know the answers to these questions, but this kind of data can help us create action-research, highly-rigorous lessons that are immediately relevant to our students while staying true to the high expectations within the Common Core.