Xavier Gaudard, General Ed Director
Catherine Harrington, Special Ed Director

Cheboygan-Otsego-Presque Isle Educational Service District (COPESD) is located in the northern tip of the lower peninsula, covering 2100 square miles. COPESD serves over 10,000 students in 10 public school districts, 1 public school academy, and 8 non-public schools in Cheboygan, Otsego, Presque Isle, and parts of Emmet, Charlevoix, Antrim, Montmorency, Oscoda, and Crawford counties. COPESD provides special education diagnostic services, specialized classroom programs for moderate and severe cognitive impairments, and early childhood special education classroom in conjunction with Head Start, and consultants for vision, orientation and moblity, hearing, and autism. Through an ASAP-PIE grant, COPESD started the early childhood TAPESTRY program that works in cooperation with special education, Early-On and local agencies to support young children and their familes. Internet and technology services are provided collabratively to local districts in COPESD and Charlevoix-Emmet ISD. Professional Development (PD) is provided for local districts through the ESD as determined through the General Education PD committee and annual special education PD survey.

Public school districts in service area:
Cheboygan Area School District
Gaylord Community School District
Inland Lakes School District
Johannesburg-Lewiston School District
Mackinaw City Public School District
Onaway Area School District
Posen Consolidated School District
Rogers City Area School District
Vanderbilt Area School District
Wolverine Community School District

Public school academies:
Presque Isle Academy II

Non-public schools:
Bishop Baraga School
Cornerstone Christian School
Grace Baptist Christian School
Onaway SDA School
Otsego Christian School
St. Ignatius School
St. John Lutheran School
Saint Mary Cathedral School