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Show School Board seeking all handicapped students als. "But before these services car be provided, these individuals musl be located," Mecham said. If you know of a child (to age 21 who is h andicapped or disabled anc not enrolled in one of the district's varied education programs j relative, neighbor maybe a friend's child, or one of your own children's friends contact the school dis' trict's Special Education Depart ment at 756-8410. Information will be kept confi dential, Mecham said. A profes sional staff person from the dis trict will contact the individual 01 family to explain programs ant services. The Alpine School District Board of Education and administration are trying to locate any handicapped or disabled students residing in the school district who is not enrolled en-rolled in one of the district's various vari-ous educational programs. Board members say they have always recognized the need to provide pro-vide every student with a quality education, including handicapped or disabled students. However, for a variety of reasons, many of these individuals may not, at present, be enrolled in programs. Youngsters to age 21 who are handicapped or disabled who reside re-side in the school district are invited in-vited to participate, said Richard Mecham, director of the district's Special Education Department. Mecham said it is essential to identify these students in order to provide a wide variety of services and programs at early stages in the child's development. "Principals, regular classroom teachers, and special education personnel are making a sustained effort to establish estab-lish and guarantee the right of every handicapped child to an education equal in every way to that received by children without disability," he said. : "This effort has evolved into an education philosophy utilizing a continuum of services designed to offer a number of program options and placement alternatives to handicapped and disabled individu- |