PUBLIC NOTICE The Picayune School Distri
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6/17/2026
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PUBLIC NOTICE
The Picayune School District continuously seeks to locate, identify, and evaluate children ages birth to twenty-one (21) years of age, who are physically, mentally, communicatively, and/or emotionally disabled. Referrals for testing of children with suspected disabilities may be made by contacting the child’s teacher, principal, or the District Child Find Coordinator. The Coordinator for the Picayune School District is Dr. Brannon Johnson, Director of Exceptional Education. Please contact Dr. Johnson by calling 601-798-4555, or by writing to him at the Office of Exceptional Education, 622 Goodyear Blvd., Picayune, MS 39466.
Early identification of children in need of special educational services is important. The information gathered from parents and others will be used to help determine program needs toward providing a free, appropriate, public education to all children with disabilities. The Picayune School District provides services for the following disabilities: speech and language, autism, traumatic brain injuries, learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, visual impairments, hearing impairments, developmental delays, physical disabilities, and emotional disabilities, as well as combinations of some disabilities.
Notice to Parents - Confidentiality of Information
The Mississippi Department of Education and the Picayune School District are participating in an ongoing statewide effort to identify, locate, and evaluate children through the age of twenty-one (21) who have physical, mental, communicative, and/or emotional disabilities. Personal, identifiable information is maintained on children who are evaluated to determine the existence of a disability and those who have been found to have a disability. The information collected on each child is the information necessary to determine whether he/she has a disability and to develop an individualized education program. Such areas as achievement, adaptive behavior, hearing, vision, physical, emotional, social, behavioral, language/speech, and intellectual functioning will be assessed. Following written parental consent, information will be gathered from sources such as parents, agency employees, psychometrists, psychologists, speech/language pathologists, health-related professionals, and social workers. The information will be maintained in the agency so that it is not accessible to unauthorized persons, unless parents give their consent in writing. If the information is no longer needed, parents will be informed and given the opportunity to obtain a copy of the information before it is destroyed.
This notice for Child Find can also be found on the Picayune School District website at picayuneschools.org under the department of Exceptional Education.
Picayune Item:
June 17, 24 and July 1, 2026
CHILD FIND
The Picayune School District continuously seeks to locate, identify, and evaluate children ages birth to twenty-one (21) years of age, who are physically, mentally, communicatively, and/or emotionally disabled. Referrals for testing of children with suspected disabilities may be made by contacting the child’s teacher, principal, or the District Child Find Coordinator. The Coordinator for the Picayune School District is Dr. Brannon Johnson, Director of Exceptional Education. Please contact Dr. Johnson by calling 601-798-4555, or by writing to him at the Office of Exceptional Education, 622 Goodyear Blvd., Picayune, MS 39466.
Early identification of children in need of special educational services is important. The information gathered from parents and others will be used to help determine program needs toward providing a free, appropriate, public education to all children with disabilities. The Picayune School District provides services for the following disabilities: speech and language, autism, traumatic brain injuries, learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, visual impairments, hearing impairments, developmental delays, physical disabilities, and emotional disabilities, as well as combinations of some disabilities.
Notice to Parents - Confidentiality of Information
The Mississippi Department of Education and the Picayune School District are participating in an ongoing statewide effort to identify, locate, and evaluate children through the age of twenty-one (21) who have physical, mental, communicative, and/or emotional disabilities. Personal, identifiable information is maintained on children who are evaluated to determine the existence of a disability and those who have been found to have a disability. The information collected on each child is the information necessary to determine whether he/she has a disability and to develop an individualized education program. Such areas as achievement, adaptive behavior, hearing, vision, physical, emotional, social, behavioral, language/speech, and intellectual functioning will be assessed. Following written parental consent, information will be gathered from sources such as parents, agency employees, psychometrists, psychologists, speech/language pathologists, health-related professionals, and social workers. The information will be maintained in the agency so that it is not accessible to unauthorized persons, unless parents give their consent in writing. If the information is no longer needed, parents will be informed and given the opportunity to obtain a copy of the information before it is destroyed.
This notice for Child Find can also be found on the Picayune School District website at picayuneschools.org under the department of Exceptional Education.
Picayune Item:
June 17, 24 and July 1, 2026
CHILD FIND