Special Education Services


A very capable and talented person serves as the Wallowa County ESD’s Special Education Coordinator. Countywide coordination of special education services, student testing and records retention are big portions of the service.  The Coordinator supports, guides, and assists with development of individual student plans. This person serves as a consultant to the school districts to help in meeting their special education obligations.

ESD Special education personnel provide the staffing for the resource rooms in Joseph, Wallowa, and Enterprise School Districts. This program serves K-12 special needs students, some of which are medically fragile or require one-on-one assistance for the entire school day. A talented staff of 5 teachers and multiple instructional aides provide not only instructional services to students but also provide monitoring of classroom modifications and school to work transition services.


Kim Coggins
Special Education Director
Questions about the referral process, status on a referral, evaluation scheduling, or questions about disability categories contact Kim 

Joseph Charter School 

Hilary Mahon
Elementary Special Education

Deb Steyaert
JH/HS Special Education

Instructional Assistants

Aspen Smith

Rilynn Heimgartner

Enterprise School  District

Stefany Christman
Elementary Special Education 

Melanie Crenshaw
JH/HS  Special Education 

Instructional Assistants

Aaron Maxwell

Brenda Widener

Brittany Polumsky

Sydney Antoine

Tisha Martin

Wallowa School District

Trudy Baker

Instructional Assistants

Josi Krieger

Nodya Papineau