Assistant Principal: Ms. Geraldine Langella

The Home Instruction guidance office supports the Home Instruction program in very important ways. It is responsible for the intake and monitoring of all CSE cases. By reviewing all clinical material it insures that students receive all appropriate transition services and receive appropriate and timely placements. The guidance office serves as an important liaison between the CSE, parents, schools, supervisors and teachers.

Guidance assists in course programming for those students who are diploma-bound and for students who have been classified as requiring alternate assessment. Guidance arranges for SAT exam proctoring and for both city-wide and state wide standardized testing.

Guidance counselors are key members of the Committee for Suicide Prevention and serve as a resource provider for parents, students and teachers who may need the services of agencies such as VESID, AHRC, FEGS and the Anxiety Disorders Hotline. Guidance may participate in monthly staff development workshops to help present information on IEP implementation, AIDS training, abuse training and other testing issues.

Guidance responds to requests from the Office of Disabilities and assists in matters related to updated medicals, crisis intervention, PINS petitions, referrals to agencies and Board of Education services such as the Division of Transportation Services.