April Open Meeting
Date: Tuesday, April 29
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Woburn Public Library, Octagon Room
Join us at WPL as we get a redistricting update, share the latest resources, answer your questions and concerns, and hold nominations for our open Board positions.
In the meantime, reach out anytime: wps.SEPAC@gmail.com.
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WPS Redistricting Update
Click here for the presentation slides
On Monday, March 31, the School Committee voted to move forward with Option 1 of the two redistricting plans they were targeting for September of 2025.
The full meeting is available on the WPMC YouTube page. This redistrict update, shared by the Malcolm White Advisory Committee prior to the meeting, provides additional information and context.
The SEPAC will provide an additional update and the opportunity to bring questions or concerns at our April Open Meeting. Watch this space for details.
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WPS District Report Card
Read it here
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education recently released their annual School and District Report Cards. Data is gathered in areas like academic opportunity, success after high school, and how Woburn is performing in the state’s accountability system.
You can read the report card here. Use the dropdown menu under each subheading for data on Students with Disabilities. If you have any questions or would like to discuss the results, please email wps.SEPAC@gmail.com.
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2025 College and Transition Fair Recap
Thanks to our presenters and to all who attended!
Since 2006, the SEPAC has hosted an annual College Fair geared toward students who learn differently. Over the years, post-secondary offerings and services have evolved, and so has the Fair.
If you missed our 2025 Fair, no worries! Just visit our College & Transition Resources page for valuable information from all our presenting schools and programs.
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Basic Rights Workshop: Understanding the IEP
Download the slides here
Thanks to the Federation for Children with Special Needs and presenter Michele LaCourt for this year’s Understanding the IEP Basic Rights Workshop on February 24, 2025. If you weren’t able to attend the presentation, you can scroll through the slides here.
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SEPAC needs YOU!
Join us in advocating for students and their families!
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The New IEP
Watch the narrated walk-through
Woburn Public Schools recently shared this video to explain the updates to the new IEP, which will go into effect for the 2024-2025 school year. As always, you can reach out to us with any questions you might have at wps.SEPAC@gmail.com.
Our outgoing Treasurer, Adam Chapman, attended the WPS New IEP Workshop, as well as FCSN’s New IEP Modules. Read his New IEP Workshop Notes for more details, context, and tips.
Also, the Commonwealth’s IEP Improvement Project has a number of resources–including the new IEP form, sample IEPs–complete with translated versions. Find them all here.
For more information, visit our Resource Page. If you’ve missed any of our great presentations recently, you can find those on in Past Presentations. or in our SEPAC Speaker Series.
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Did you know…
…about the PRS?
Through its Problem Resolution System (PRS), DESE handles complaints that allege a school or a district is not meeting legal requirements for education. Anyone, including parents, students, educators, community members, and agency representatives, may contact the PRS office for assistance.
Problem Resolution System Office
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
75 Pleasant Street, Malden, MA 02148-4906
Main Telephone: 781-338-3700
Fax: 781-338-3710
Email: compliance@doe.mass.
Director: Barry Barnett
For more helpful tools, visit our Resources page.
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The Woburn Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC) is a state-mandated advisory group that provides education and support for parents, guardians and educators of children ages 3 to 22 years old with special education needs. We are a city-wide organization of parents working together with teachers, administrators, the school committee and the community to provide an educational environment that is innovative, challenging, safe and nurturing for all children.