Click here for the Vermont Agency of Education Manual on Section 504

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a federal law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability. It applies to any entity that receives federal funding including public schools. The Americans with Disabilities Act, enacted in 1991, provides the same obligations on public elementary and secondary schools as Section 504, but without the limitation of applying only to recipients of federal funds.

Contacts for questions on Section 504 are as follows:

• EWSD Oversight: Erin Maguire (Email Erin Maguire) and Dylan McNamara (Dylan McNamara), Co-Directors of Student Support Services 

• Summit Street Elementary School: Colleen Birner (Email Colleen Birner), Principal

• Hiawatha Elementary School: Katherine Grykien (Email Katherine Grykien), Principal

• Essex Elementary School: Ashley Gray (Email Ashley Gray), Principal

• Founders Memorial School: Sara Jablonski (Email Sara Jablonski), Principal

• Thomas Fleming Elementary School: Matthew Roy (Email Matthew Roy), Principal

• Albert D. Lawton Intermediate School: Jennifer Wood (Email Jennifer Wood), Principal

• Essex Middle School: Brian Clark (Email Brian Clark), Interim Principal

• Essex High School: Jackie Lynch (Email Jackie Lynch), 504 Coordinator and Eric Larose (Email Eric Larose), 504 Case Manager

• Center for Technology Essex: Robert Travers (Email Robert Travers), Principal