Welcome to Reading SEPAC
Welcome to the Reading Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC). We are a group of parents who foster a community in Reading for children with an array of special needs and their caregivers, and who help advise the Reading Massachusetts School district on children with disabilities.
Here you will find many resources to help you as a parent or caregiver of a child with special needs, along with details on upcoming social gatherings, informational meetings and more.
Please contact us at SEPACReading@gmail.com if you are interested in joining Reading SEPAC's e-mail list, would like to learn more, or have a question or concern. You can also follow us on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/SEPAC.Reading/ and instagram at https://www.instagram.com/ReadingSEPAC
Communication Form:
We are always here to hear your thoughts, concerns, accolades, and more. Use this form to let us know what's going on. All comments are confidential and will not be shared.
What's New?
SEPAC Annual Survey:
Please fill out this brief, anonymous survey to help your SEPAC Board to plan for the 2025-2026 school year. It should only take a few minutes.
This school year we brought speakers to the Reading community on important topics such as literacy success, executive functioning, social emotional learning, school avoidance, the IEP and the special education budget based in large part on what parents highlighted in the annual survey, so it’s very important to make sure your voice is heard.
In addition, your voice helps to steer the conversation between our school leadership and the Reading SEPAC board in our scheduled monthly meetings during the school year.
We also want to hear from you on how we are doing in meeting our community’s needs and what more we can do to improve Reading SEPAC.
The survey results will be discussed at the next Reading SEPAC Business meeting on May 14th at 7PM.
Building Literacy Success for Every Student Presentation Q&A
Please click here to read the Q&A document that outlines answers to the questions raised during the literacy presentation on February 26th about the ARC Core program and literacy screening and interventions in RPS.
The recording to the presentation (Building Literacy Success for Every Student) is available on this website under past presentations.

Learn More About SEPAC
2024-2025 Calendar
Dates/times/locations subject to change. Subscribe to our newsletter and follow social media for updates.
Lynn Lyons: Tackling the Patterns of Anxiety, Depression and Avoidance - Wednesday, Sept 18, 6pm
Family Leadership Program Open for Applications - Friday, Sept 20 Deadline
Team Chair Meet & Greet - Wednesday, Sept 25, 9am
SEPAC Booth at the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival - Location: Reading Public Library - Saturday, Sept 28th, 12-3:30pm
SEPAC Fall Foliage Walk - Saturday, Reading Town Forest with the Reading Trails Committee - October 5, 10-12pm (rain date October 26)
SEPAC Movie Night “The Right to Read” - Performing Arts Center at RMHS - Wednesday, October 2, 6pm
Sarah Ward: The 360 Thinking Model - Virtual - October 23, 6pm
SEPAC Business Meeting and Elections - October 30, 6pm
SEPAC Submission for Festival of Trees - December
SEPAC Business Meeting - December 18
SEPAC Wachusetts Mountain Meetup - Monday, March 10, 2025 8:30am-3pm
FCSN Workshop: Understanding the IEP - January 22
Building Literacy Success for Every Student - February 26
Special Education Budget Review and SEPAC Business Meeting - March 19, 7PM
FCSN Workshop: Social Emotional Learning - March 26, 7pm
Annual SEPAC Survey - April
Year End Business Meeting - May 14th, 7pm
Presentation to the School Committee
Year End Social - June