Below is a list of commonly used abbreviations, acronyms and terms at RCS.

• _{19A or 19A CE - Certified Examiner Under Article 19A of the Vehicle & Traffic Law}

• _{504 - Federal Legislation for ADA}

• _{ADA - American Disabilities Act}

• _{ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder}

• _{ADHD - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder}

• _{AE - Age Equivalent}

• _{AED - Automatic External Defibrillators}

• _{AIS - Academic Intervention Services}

• _{APE - Adaptive Physical Education}

• _{AWB - Albertus W. Becker}

• _{BETAC - Bilingual Education Technical Assistance Center}

• _{BLT - Building Leadership Team}

• _{BOCES - Board Of Cooperative Educational Services}

• _{BOE - Board of Education}

• _{C&I - Curriculum & Instruction}

• _{CPSE - Committee On Preschool Special Education}

• _{CSE - Committee On Special Education}

• _{CSPD - Comprehensive Plan For Personnel Development}

• _{CT - Consultant Teacher}

• _{DBQ - Document Based Question}

• _{DLT - District Leadership Team}

• _{ED - Emotional Disturbed}

• _{ELL - Emerging Language Learner}

• _{ESL - English as a Second Language}

• _{FERPA - Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act}

• _{FBA - Functional Behavior Assessment}

• _{GE - Grade Equivalent}

• _{HH - Hard of Hearing}

• _{HI - Hearing Impaired}

• _{IDEA - Individuals With Disabilities Act}

• _{IEP - Individualized Education Program}

• _{IST - Instructional Strategies Team}

• _{LD - Learning Disabled}

• _{LEAP -  Life Employment Applications}

• _{PTO - Parent Teacher Organization (P.B. Coeymans)}

• _{PTSA - Parent Teacher Student Association (HS)}

• _{PTSO - Parent Teacher Student Organization (MS)}

• _{RR - Resource Room}

• _{SAVE - Safe Schools Against Violence In Education}

• _{SDM - Shared Decision Making}

• _{SED - State Education Department}

• _{SI - Speech Impaired}

• _{SPAC - Superintendent’s Parent Advisory Committee}

• _{SPED - Special Education}

• _{SS - Scaled Score}

• _{STAC - Systems To Track Accounts For Children}

• _{SW - Social Worker}

• _{TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury}

• _{TRE - Technology Resource for Education}

• _{VESID -Vocational and Education Services for Individuals with Disabilities}

• _{VI - Visually Impaired}