Emergency Closing & Adverse Weather Conditions

In the event of a closing prior to school hours or an adverse weather day, radio station KVRD-105.7 FM or KYBC-1600 AM will make any announcement concerning an emergency closing. Such announcements will be made between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m.

If adverse weather or an Emergency closing occurs during school hours, every effort will be made to contact all parents by phone using the automated School Messenger System It is important that the school be given emergency phone numbers as well as the home phone number.

Language Assistantance

Free language assistance, auxiliary aids, and/or accommodations are available upon request at your child's school.

Child Find

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PRE-SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN

The Cottonwood-Oak Creek School District offers free developmental screenings for preschool children between the ages of 3 to 5 years who live in the school district and are not already receiving special education services, or enrolled in Kindergarten. 

The screenings will check a child's speech, motor, cognitive, adaptive, and social development.  For an appointment call 928-634-2191.  See the dates below for the 2022-2023 school year.

Arizona Early Intervention program also offers developmental screenings for children age birth to three years; 1-800-237-3007 or visit them online at www.azdes.gov/azeip

School-Aged Children

Students in the Cottonwood-Oak Creek School District who are suspected of having a disability are initially referred to a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS), an Intervention Team that will review the data about the student and will determine if interventions are needed in the student’s classroom.  A follow-up meeting is scheduled to review the results of the interventions to determine success and document the learning outcome.  The Intervention Team determines whether a referral for Special Education will be recommended. 

What is Child Find?

Child Find is a component of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA ’04) that requires states to locate, identify, and evaluate all children with disabilities; ages birth through 21, who are in need of specialized education or related services.

Child Find dates for 22-23 school year:

August 11th

September 1st

October 5th

November 2nd

December 7th

January 11th

February 1st

March 1st

April 5th


  

       

Teacher's Salary

Average salary of all teachers employed in FY 2023: $53,660

Average salary of all teachers employed in FY 2022 (prior year): $ 51,560.

Increase in average teacher salary from the prior year: $ 2,100.

Average salary of all teachers employed in FY 2018: $ 42,346.

Total percentage increase in average teacher salary since FY 2018: 26.7%