Welcome, from the special education (SPED) staff of Plumas Charter School!
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SPED Director
Lori Hahn
[email protected]
Started with PCS in 2012
Education: BA in political science
Teaching credentials: Education Specialist Instruction; Multiple Subject (general subjects)
Teaching experience: 20 years, 17 in special education
Interests and hobbies: gardening, cooking, photography, travel
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SPED Teacher
Andre Essue
[email protected]
Started with PCS in 2015
Education: MA in special education; BA in human services
Teaching credentials: Education Specialist
Instruction (mild to moderate disabilities; moderate to severe
disabilities); Education Specialist
Interests and hobbies: spending time with family, hiking, gardening, camping
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SPED Teacher
Melanie Strahm
[email protected]
Started with PCS in 2014
Education: BA in mathematics
Teaching credentials: Multiple Subject (general
subjects); intern Education Specialist Instruction (mild to moderate
disabilities)
Interests and hobbies: hiking,
cooking
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Speech Therapist
Carol Miles
[email protected]
Started with PCS in 2022
Education: MA, Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. Clinical Rehabilitative Services with Special Class Authorization. Licensed by California State Board of Medical Quality Assurance-Speech Language Pathologist. Certificate of Clinical Competence-American Speech Language Hearing Association.
Interests and hobbies: Hiking, kayaking, boating, tubing, gardening, skiing, bird watching, reading and visual arts. |

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SPED Instructional Aide
Dani Smith
[email protected]
Started with PCS in 2022
Education: BA in History
Interests and hobbies: learning about anything I find interesting. Enjoying the outdoors; camping, hiking, wakeboarding and snowboarding. Gardening and painting.
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Notice of Public Hearing (English)Notice of Public Hearing (Spanish)
Plumas Charter School offers a full continuum of special education services based on a student's individual education plan (IEP). We embrace the inclusion model, in which students with special needs spend most or all of their time with general education students. This model is based on evidence that mixed experience leads to better outcomes, both academically and socially, for special education students. We have also witnessed positive outcomes for general education students who spend time with special needs students: the experience regularly improves progress toward social-emotional development goals for everyone involved.
In California,
every local education agency (LEA), i.e., school entity, is required to belong to a special education local plan area (SELPA). The SELPA is a consortium of LEAs
responsible for the development of special education policies and
procedures, distribution of federal and state special education funds,
and provision of professional development pertaining to special
education. Plumas Charter School belongs to the El Dorado Charter SELPA, which we joined in 2017. For valuable information on families' rights, SPED basics, and state and federal resources, click the button below.
Family Resources
Click the link below to access the SELPA's governance page, which includes updated copies of our local plan, the annual budget and
service plan, and a master list of current schools.
SELPA Governance
Local Plan
Service Providers
Plumas Charter School contracts with Presence Learning for its Occupational Therapy services. For more information visit: https://www.presencelearning.com/
We contract with Julie Hammond at Feather River Physical Therapy for our Physical Therapy program.