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The mission of the Section 504 Department is to ensure students with disabilities under the American with Disabilities Act have equal access to educational opportunities, identify students with characteristics of Dyslexia, and advocate for non-discrimination practices. The Department monitors the compliance of 504 plans and supports school level 504 coordinators, school staff, students, and parents with 504 development, implementation, dyslexia screenings, and discipline policies.
The Department of Health Services facilitates partnerships with local health care providers to support student health care and prevention throughout the district. Our department also works closely with internal and external health and behavioral health care providers to promote a healthy learning environment.
Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Health Centers in Schools provides comprehensive health services and wellness education to students in grades K-12 in East Baton Rouge (EBR) Parish School System, operating 7 full-service clinics and providing school nursing services to students across the school district. The services provided include qualified and dedicated school nurses, health educators, health screenings (including annual vision and hearing screenings), health plans for students with chronic/acute health conditions, and daily management of student health needs in the school setting.
Click here for more information about Health Centers in Schools
Click here for more information about COVID-19 Vaccines for Teens
Students at Claiborne Elementary School in Baton Rouge can now receive care at school from a family medicine physician, as part of a new schoolbased clinic concept between Baton Rouge General (BRG) and the East Baton Rouge Parish School System (EBRPSS) this school year.
Students can be seen for various ailments, such as:
The clinic also provides testing for common illnesses, such as:
The physician’s will also have the ability to send in prescriptions to your local
pharmacy, if needed.
Click here for more information or to register your Claiborne Elementary student for services.
The I CARE Program is the alcohol drug abuse, and violence prevention program for East Baton Rouge Parish School System. It provides prevention education to students in public, parochial, and participating private and charter schools in the areas of alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, violence, crisis response, and management. I CARE staff include 16 Licensed Prevention Professionals who are career educators with a five year minimum classroom teaching experience and a master’s degree in education. Specific services include individual family and student consultation, small group student support, classroom education, staff and parent trainings, prevention campaign support, and variety of other support services related to social-emotional learning.
The mission of the East Baton Rouge Parish School System’s (EBRPSS) department of Mental Health Services is to facilitate individual and school change through empowerment, collaboration, counseling, and service. Our vision is to assist students and their families in building and maintaining healthy relationships with their schools and communities while recognizing and celebrating individual differences, accomplishments, and choices.
External Behavioral Health Providers (EBHP) are outside agencies that provide individual counseling services for students at a parent/guardian’s request. State law requires that these agencies provide the school district with specific documents prior to working with a student at a school site.
The MTSS department is responsible for the development and implementation of the district Multi-Tiered System of Support Program and the Social Emotional Learning plan. The MTSS department supports schools in the development of academic and behavioral tiered systems of supports through relationship building and focused training. The department works to ensure school campuses have the systems needed to guarantee equitable access and outcomes for all students.
Chief of Student Support – Stacey Dupre: sdupre@ebrschools.org
District 504 Coordinator – Danielle Staten-Ojo: DStaten@ebrschools.org
Supervisor of Health Services – J. Cheree Duvic: JDuvic1@ebrschools.org
Director of I CARE – Erin T. Pourciau-Bradford: EPourciau@ebrschools.org
Director of Mental Health Services – Dr. Bridgette Webster: BWebster@ebrschools.org
Director of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support – Dr. Corie Buras: CBuras@ebrschools.org
The East Baton Rouge Parish School System and all of its entities (including Career and Technical Education Programs) do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, national origin, disability, or gender in its educational programs and activities (including employment and application for employment), and it is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of gender by Title IX (20 USC 168) and on the basis of disability by Section 504 (42 USC 794). The Title IX Coordinator is Andrew Davis, Director of Risk Management – ADavis6@ebrschools.org, (225) 929-8705. The Section 504 Coordinator is Danielle Staten-Ojo – DStaten@ebrschools.org, (225) 326-5668.
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