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Special Education

Areas of Responsibility

Special Education Support Staff

  • Program Specialists
  • School Psychologists
  • Speech and Language Pathologists
  • Special Education Counselors
  • Social Worker
  • Occupational Therapists
  • Behaviorists
  • Special Education Para-professionals
  • Assistive Technology Assessor (AT)
  • Augmented and Alternative Communication Systems (AAC)

Special Education Services Requests and Assessments

  • Pre-School
  • K-12
  • Private School within SCUSD 

Special Education Transportation
Special Education Records Requests
Community Advisory Committee

Special Education Office Staff

Please send all assessment or records requests to spedoffice@scusd.net

Department Fax Number: (408) 423-2381

Jessica Moraila
Senior Staff Secretary
(408) 423-2076 | jmoraila@scusd.net

Esmeralda Salazar
Staff Secretary III
(408) 423-2030 | esalazar@scusd.net

Caren Gonzalez
Data Technician 
(408) 423-2198 | cgonzalez@scusd.net 

Shinette Neuangviseth
Data Technician
(408) 423-2112 | sneuangviseth@scusd.net 

Contact

Katharine Alaniz
Director
(408) 423-2087
kalaniz@scusd.net

Andrea Cole
Preschool & Elementary Coordinator
(408) 423-2087
arcole@scusd.net

Damian Huertas-Ruiz
Secondary & Post Secondary Coordinator
(408) 423-2087
dhuertasruiz@scusd.net