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Oakland Meadow School (OMS)

GCPS special education school in Lawrenceville with specialized programs, including services from Pre-K through age 22. Enrollment is determined through the IEP process — families cannot apply directly.

  • Grades: Pre-K–12 (some programs to age 22)
  • How to get in: IEP team placement only
  • Type: Separate special education school
  • Area: Lawrenceville

Oakland Meadow is a separate school within GCPS for students whose IEP calls for more support than their local school can provide. It is also the home base for several county-wide special education services that travel to students at their own schools. It is not a school of choice: there is no application or lottery.

590 Old Snellville Highway, Lawrenceville, GA 30046

Official starting points

  • School site: oaklandmeadow.gcpsk12.org · Programs: /programsservices · Registration: /parents/registration
  • GCPS school profile: gcpsk12.org › School Profiles › Oakland Meadow School

GCPS district:678-301-6000 (main)678-301-7085 (Planning, attendance boundaries)Find My School

What this school serves

Programs with students on campus every day:

  • Medically Fragile / SID-PID Program — students with significant medical needs and severe or profound intellectual disabilities, Pre-K to age 22, in a building designed for their medical and physical needs; students take the GAA 2.0 (Georgia Alternate Assessment 2.0).
  • Therapeutic Day Program — intensive educational and therapeutic support for students (from GCPS elementary schools) with significant social, emotional, or behavioral needs that could not be met in a general setting under their IEP.
  • 12+ Transition Program — real-world, life, vocational, and community skills for students preparing for life after school.

County-wide services based at OMS (mostly delivered at students’ own schools or homes): deaf/hard of hearing, vision and orientation & mobility, orthopedic impairment, speech-language, audiology, adapted PE, Pre-K evaluation (ARENA) teams, hospital/homebound and Teleclass, home-based instruction, vision/hearing screening, and Special Olympics.

Principal

Amy Lazic

School details

Address
590 Old Snellville Highway, Lawrenceville, GA 30046
  • School hours: Therapeutic Day Program: 8:15 AM – 2:45 PM · SID/PID and 12+ Transition: 9:15 AM – 3:45 PM · Program schedules vary — confirm with the school
  • Enrollment: About 70 students (GCPS school directory)
  • Source: OMS site and student/family handbook; GCPS school profile and directory

How families get in

Type: IEP placement — no direct application, lottery, or zoning.

  • Start at your child’s current school. Students are typically registered at their local GCPS school first. If you think your child needs more support, ask for an IEP team meeting there — parents/guardians are members of the IEP team.
  • The IEP team decides placement. OMS says enrollment “is determined by the IEP committee.” The team looks at what services the child needs and the least restrictive setting where those can be provided; a separate school like OMS is one option on that range.
  • If the team places your child at OMS, you make an appointment with the school’s Student Data Management Clerk and bring a withdrawal form from the previous school. Families enrolling OMS as the home school bring standard GCPS registration documents (proof of birth date, residency, Georgia immunization and screening forms, photo ID).
  • Transportation: students may ride GCPS buses (each needs a transportation tag on their bag) or be car riders; transportation changes can take up to 10 school days to approve.