State Rejects District's Special Education Plan
The OSPI has returned the Seattle Public Schools' plan to correct serious defects in Special Education services. More detailed is needed. Here is a Seattle Times story with more details than the District plan.
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What's the point of that?
Seattle Public Schools commonly substitutes public relations for community engagement.
Thank you.
SPS Mom
SPS Mom
Gill gave this contact person as coordinating the program review: Valerie.Arnold@k12.wa.us
360 725 6075
His response to SPS about the August 29th plan suggests that after this round he'll put the OSPI rubber stamp on it.
disappointed in SPS
Ridiculous. No sense commenting on that!
Sped Reader
another reader
head-shaker
Okay, I'm a broken record that other things are equally, or more important. But when I read about the shiny new software as a component of the compliance efforts, I just beat my head against the table. Really? I mean, really? Of all the complaints and needs in special ed, THIS is supposed to make a difference? Even worse is that OSPI will probably say "Oooooh! Cool New Software! Okay, you pass!"
WSDWG
Sped parent
1) Some of the people who are supposed to be doing the work are simply failing or refusing to do it, but there's no one managing them who can or will make them do it
and
2) The people who are supposed to do the work and want to do it are overburdened and under-resourced
And the District's solution is... professional development and a change in the software, but no effort to apply management where needed, no effort to reduce case loads, and no effort to provide needed resources. In short, no effort to address the real problems.
That's pretty much the deal everywhere in the District, isn't it?
reader
-sped parent