Schools in Umatilla and Morrow counties are attempting to locate all persons between the ages of birth through 21 years not enrolled in public school who may have special needs due to concerns with the following:

Hearing, vision, speech, language, health, learning, developmental delay, traumatic brain injury, emotional/behavioral problems, mental retardation, orthopedic problems, autism or other disabilities

People with such concerns regarding a child in their care should contact their local school district’s special education person listed below:

Athena-Weston School District, Rick Hensel, 566-3581, Box 510, Athena, 97813

Echo School District, Larilyn Gose, 376-8436, 600 Gerome, Echo, 97826

Helix School District, Jeanine Youncs, 457-2175, P.O. Box 398, Helix, 97835

Hermiston School District, Sheri Gannon, 667-6020, 341 N.E. Third, Hermiston, 97838

Milton-Freewater Unified School District, Steve Haugen, 938-3551, Ext. 7, 138 S. Main, Milton-Freewater, 97862

Morrow County School, Karen Cooley, 922-5551, 315 E. Wyoming, Irrigon, 97844

Pendleton School District, Debra Mclntosh, 276-6711, 1207 S.W. Frazer Avenue, Pendleton, 97801

Pilot Rock School District, Gordon Munck, 443-2361, Box A, Pilot Rock, 97868

Stanfield School District, Sandra Valadez, 449-3851, 1100 N Main, Stanfield, 97875

Ukiah School District, Norma Barber, 427-3431, P.O. Box 218, Ukiah, 97880

Umatilla School District, Marcia Yegge, 922-6509, 120 Columbia, P.O. Box 430, Umatilla, 97882

Concerns regarding a child who is age birth to 5 should contact Ellen Nelson at the Umatilla-Morrow ESD at 1-800-927-5847 or, for Pendleton residents, 966-3133.