tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post1123197853129663632..comments2024-03-28T02:21:17.452-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools This WeekMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-13937288825464831662014-05-01T00:08:26.901-07:002014-05-01T00:08:26.901-07:00I attended the Work Session on Capital Projects th...I attended the Work Session on Capital Projects this evening. Short version. Everything is just perfect in the land of capital planning. All of the projects are on-time and on-budget with successful community engagement. <br /><br />Everyone was very happy with the successful state of capital planning. kelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01322661098626555834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-35114717991527201762014-04-30T12:01:22.027-07:002014-04-30T12:01:22.027-07:00Capacity Wonk, what makes this particularly egregi...Capacity Wonk, what makes this particularly egregious is the fact that these programs will likely get kicked out to wander in the desert once Pinehurst is squeezed into W-P.<br /><br />In fact those other option school program locations aren't okay either. If a sped family is happy there, they can "choose" just like every other gened family (who are not forcibly enrolled there). <br /><br />This is not dissimilar to what will happen when those ridiculous NCLB requirements kick in, SpEd families should get "choice" just like everyone else to leave a "failing school".<br /><br /><i>"And then there are all the gen ed student spaces that may need to be reconfigured depending on what OSPI says."</i> Yep. OSPI is responsible for enforcing the law. Then everyone can be pawns in the chess game.mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-32849551589041121792014-04-30T10:41:50.262-07:002014-04-30T10:41:50.262-07:00It doesn't make systemic sense to argue agains...It doesn't make systemic sense to argue against putting an access program at AS1 when there are many mandatorily vs. geographically assigned access programs in other alternative schools. <br /><br />If the argument is made that it is not OK based on the alternativeness of Pinehurst to site a mandatory assignment program there, it is not OK to be running those other programs as mandatory assignments either. <br /><br />Thinking places like Pathfinder and Thornton Creek. The rule needs to be the same across the board, with capacity chips falling wherever they fall or else the true capacity crisis, and it's beyond crisis at this point, will not dawn on top staff and the voting public. <br /><br />A lot of those established programs are successful and loved by students and families. So some portion of the sped community is going to be upset here. The question is which ones? The ones made to go to Pinehurst when the legality is questionable or the ones in the other programs whose siting may not be valid if OSPI says it is not ok to assign SPED to alternative schools without first offering a geographic placement in a standard classroom. And then there are all the gen ed student spaces that may need to be reconfigured depending on what OSPI says.<br /><br />It's a mess and it is Central's fault. Not individual school communities and certainly not the special educations families.<br /><br />This is yet another capacity problem that has been well documented by parents for years and known by enough staff to have been addressed long before this blog discussion.<br /><br />Capacity WonkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-17352665055886312532014-04-30T09:30:16.138-07:002014-04-30T09:30:16.138-07:00mirmac1
I completely agree. Pinehurst is happy to...mirmac1<br /><br />I completely agree. Pinehurst is happy to welcome the Access programs and the families who want to be a part of them, but the district should prioritize the needs of special ed students and supply the services they need in the locations they need. Period.<br /><br />JohnRagweedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12491896585801927302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-76921733916613707682014-04-30T09:23:45.253-07:002014-04-30T09:23:45.253-07:00This conversation is raising another question for ...This conversation is raising another question for me about the program at Pinehurst, which I will bring back to our Principal. Is the Autism Access program conceived of as a K-5 program, and if so what happens when kids hit grade 6? I would hate to see them yanked out of the community they have been part of for 6 years because the access program is somewhere else for middle school. I will find out and report back.<br /><br />JohnRagweedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12491896585801927302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-77875560331599628012014-04-30T05:37:57.267-07:002014-04-30T05:37:57.267-07:00Of course they are going to use program placement ...Of course they are going to use program placement as a capacity management tool. Not only have they specifically said tht they would, but they have been making that the primary role of program placement for three years now.<br /><br />The District is keenly aware of which groups of students are geographic communities and which are not and they are keenly aware of the portability of non-geographic communities. They will move APP, Special Education, B.O.C., ELL, and option schools from any place with a capacity shortage to anyplace with a capacity surplus.<br /><br />They cannot move neighborhood schools. There are huge fights when they even try to shift the boundaries a little bit. They can, however, direct the relocation of programs by fiat, so that's what they do to manage their capacity.<br /><br />They may have some high-minded rhetoric about how they don't do that, but that's what they do. All of their high-minded rhetoric is just talk. They don't actually adhere to any of their stated values. They like to say that they support transparency or engagement, but don't expect them to be transparent or engaged when you need them to be, because they won't do it.Charlie Mashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17173903762962067277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-66892198101372685522014-04-29T16:37:25.878-07:002014-04-29T16:37:25.878-07:00The infuriating thing about the special education ...The infuriating thing about the special education kick the can situation is that Supt Banda and his team have been asked so many times to make sure this doesn't happen again. Tracy Libros has said over and over "we don't do that any more" (use SPED for capacity management). Zakiyyah McWilliams has said it's one thing they're NOT going to let happen. But here it is, history repeating itself. <br /><br />Furious reader Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-15350478260480897152014-04-29T16:22:01.759-07:002014-04-29T16:22:01.759-07:00SavvyVoter, that would be me. Should the facts su...SavvyVoter, that would be me. Should the facts support a breach of IDEA, OSPI could require a corrective action to remedy the issue.<br /><br />Parents are organizing to push back against using our kids as pawns in the capacity chess game. Our students are general education students first and should have the same "guaranteed" assignment as their typical peers. <br /><br />From WrightsLaw:<br />Least restrictive environment means that, to the maximum extent appropriate, school districts must educate students with disabilities in the regular classroom with appropriate aids and supports, along with their nondisabled peers in the school they would attend if not disabled, unless a student's IEP requires some other arrangement." <br /><br />No student's IEP is going to say move him around or ship him across town because SPS doesn't feel like paying for capacity solutions or has a space to plug.mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-61534241068748962782014-04-29T16:04:06.182-07:002014-04-29T16:04:06.182-07:00Apparently one of the special ed ptsa members is p...Apparently one of the special ed ptsa members is publicly saying she is going to file an OSPI complaint about the sped situation. I don't know how OSPI handles complaints. Could it force the district to change placement plans for this coming year if they think the complaint has merit? Wondering because that would apparently mean a domino affect on the placement or classroom set up of sped AND gen ed kids in the north end.<br /><br />SavvyVoterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-40603439897043450482014-04-29T15:39:06.388-07:002014-04-29T15:39:06.388-07:00The real issue is that "who decides" tha...The real issue is that "who decides" that there isn't room for Sped at a building. By default that decision is a decision that the needs of general educations take precedence. By default this is a decision to make room for general education by moving special education. <br /><br />This is what Sped families have been trying to daylight for years now. It is not OK to squeeze in a classroom of general education by moving special education. Just because it is "simpler" to move 8-10 sped students, rather than re-drawing boundaries, portable placement or whatever else would need to happen, including moving general education students like happened this year. <br /><br />Not to pick on JA K8 too much but ... since they are an option school, there could easily have been a decision to limit the incoming K class and preserve the sped students. That would have been the right thing to do. But instead sped students are not allowed to continue so that the K classes would be balanced. <br /><br />Constantly moving sped around helps nobody. Pretending that everyone fits, is how we got geo-splits last year. <br /><br />My guess is that the only reason, that nobody considered making K smaller so that sped wasn't "kicked out" was because there was no where to put another K class. <br /><br />- sped familyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-17796636611779897182014-04-29T14:26:59.414-07:002014-04-29T14:26:59.414-07:00A lot of this is confused by the District's cu...A lot of this is confused by the District's current claim that they no longer have "programs", followed immediately by announcements of where the programs are sited.Charlie Mashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17173903762962067277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-26688342304611766492014-04-29T13:42:33.203-07:002014-04-29T13:42:33.203-07:00To reiterate the point above, how can SPS put acce...To reiterate the point above, how can SPS put access/inclusion SPED programs in any option school and force kids to go there? <br /><br />If general ed kids aren't mandatorily assigned to alternative schools, how is it justifiable to mandatorily assign "access" SPED to alternative schools? The district is not providing the same gen ed opportunity to students with disabilities as it is to students without disabilities.<br /><br />The model should be that all "access" kids are assigned to the comprehensive K-5 and 6-8 schools. Too crowded? Too bad. Portables or redraw the boundaries again.<br /><br />Alternative schools absolutely should also have access programs. And alternative school principals should not be allowed to "opt out" of providing such services, as in many cases this would be a better fit for students needing access services. But those programs should be accessible by the same rules as for everyone else. Lottery, siblings and geozones.<br /><br />EdVoterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-4766719634270580122014-04-29T13:37:37.241-07:002014-04-29T13:37:37.241-07:00@Lori
They aren't (to my knowledge) moving any...@Lori<br />They aren't (to my knowledge) moving any elementary SpEd students out of JA K-8.<br /><br />The students who will no longer be served at JA K-8 are kids rising from 5th grade to 6th grade. As far as I know, this decision was made prior to open enrollment.<br /><br />- North-end Mom <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-50356699470305601842014-04-29T13:33:24.852-07:002014-04-29T13:33:24.852-07:00Although it makes my blood boil that kids (current...Although it makes my blood boil that kids (current 5th graders sped at JAK8) should be kicked out of a program, what really matters is what those families affected think about it (I am just a curious bystander). Are the families that are being disallowed happy and willing to stay at JAMS? If not I feel it truely and utterly stinks that these, the most vulnerable kids, are being tossed out. The JAK8 community has proven to be a very effective lobby for their needs to JSCEE and with the board. Why aren't they going to bat for these kids?<br /><br />2boysclubAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-72185911219284787602014-04-29T13:24:14.875-07:002014-04-29T13:24:14.875-07:00So I guess I mis-read or misunderstood Spruiter...So I guess I mis-read or misunderstood Spruiter's comment. Sorry if I caused any confusion.<br /><br />Does this sound more accurate: now that enrollment numbers are available for Fall 2014, it turned out that there aren't enough rooms at Marshall for all who want to go/are assigned there, whether gen ed or special ed. Sort of like what happened at Lowell in spring 2011 when they realized they'd put too many kids into that building and someone would have to move. In this case, their solution was to move some elementary special ed students out. Correct?<br /> <br />Even so, I still have to wonder if putting more kids into Lincoln is the optimal solution? And, I'm curious about the answers to Crowded North's questions too. Is Marshall *really* completely out of space already? Will there be portables there in the fall?Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777580098975083499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-77626929060289232672014-04-29T13:16:06.511-07:002014-04-29T13:16:06.511-07:00I should add that the reason why there are so many...I should add that the reason why there are so many inclusion SpEd kids assigned to JA K-8 for grades 6-8 was because, from what I understand, JA K-8 became the inclusion SpeEd assignment school for incoming 6th graders from certain north-end elementary schools a few years back, when there was "no room" for those kids at Eckstein.<br /><br />- North-end MomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-25651933294255085962014-04-29T12:53:06.125-07:002014-04-29T12:53:06.125-07:00@Lori,
From what previous posters have written, t...@Lori,<br /><br />From what previous posters have written, the SpEd kids being assigned to AS-1 are elementary school kids, while those who have been told there is no room for them to continue at JA K-8 will be incoming 6th graders next year.<br /><br />As pointed out previous posters, both cases do point to a critical lack of capacity, but the two SpEd populations are not one and the same.<br /><br />I first heard about the JA K-8 SpEd situation in February. There had been a JAMS SpEd info meeting prior to a general JAMS info meeting, and my take on it was that there were several JA K-8 SpEd families who had been recently told that their child could not be served by the K-8 going forward(grades 6-8), and there was significant anxiety and confusion regarding how and where their children's needs would be met. Much of this anxiety was due to JAMS being a start-up school. <br /><br />My understanding is that JA K-8 has predominately self-contained SpEd classrooms for grades K-5 and predominately inclusion-style SpEd for grades 6-8 (JA K-8 parents, feel free to correct me if I am wrong about this).<br /><br />I didn't know it was a problem of there not being enough homerooms at John Marshall...I had thought it was a service-delivery issue, but I suppose it would be a space issue, as well, if there is no room for an additional middle school SpEd room at John Marshall. I was under the impression, though, that there was room for at least a few portables at John Marshall.<br /><br />BTW, there has been lots of staff hiring taking place for JAMS including SpEd staff (see the JAMS Fusion Page, jams.www.seattleschools.org. <br /><br />- North-end MomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-56780591019106251742014-04-29T12:46:01.810-07:002014-04-29T12:46:01.810-07:00Is the John Marshall building going to have an art...Is the John Marshall building going to have an art room or music room or teacher break room or computer lab? Because these are all things our school has been made to give up to make room for more enrollment. We would be pilloried on here for dumping off SPed kids to keep any of that. Rightfully.<br /><br />I don't blame JA for not wanting to give that stuff up- we didn't either. But I do blame whoever let them while pushing their problems off on another couple of schools who can afford it less than they can.<br /><br />Crowded NorthAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-64412801884739882342014-04-29T10:14:00.515-07:002014-04-29T10:14:00.515-07:00Spruiter wrote, "According to her, SPS assign...Spruiter wrote, <i>"According to her, SPS assigned so many 6th graders to our middle school autism class this year, there will not be enough space for the rising 5th graders next year."</i><br /><br />I hope my tone comes across the way I intend. I'm not intending to be argumentative or divisive. But the reality is that most of our schools in the north have this same problem right now with capacity. There wasn't enough room for the K kids the year we started at our neighborhood school. There wasn't enough room at Lowell for our rising kids a few years back. There isn't enough room at Hamilton for my rising 5th grader next year. The capacity problem is endemic up here. So there's nothing unusual about the district assigning too many kids to a building when we are literally out of buildings.<br /><br />But here's a thought. Is it possible that the district was looking at attrition from JAK8 to JAMS and thinking that it would somehow work anyway? Maybe there isn't room for today's 5th graders to all rise within in the K8, but maybe they expect x% to choose JAMS. Maybe their hope is that the rising 5th graders will fit after you figure in attrition?<br /><br />I guess to me, the *reality* of 850+ kids at Lincoln next year, without a sufficient cafeteria or playground is more dire than the *possibility* that JAK8 will be crowded in 2015. Cramming a special ed population into Lincoln next year to prevent a *potential* problem somewhere else a year later doesn't make sense to me in today's crisis environment. It would be nice to have a transparent explanation from the district about this decision.Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777580098975083499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-26163933236499252882014-04-29T06:09:51.422-07:002014-04-29T06:09:51.422-07:00@Spruiter
Not to be picky, but didn't the Gro...@Spruiter<br /><br />Not to be picky, but didn't the Growth Boundaries work project over 800 students at JAK-8@John Marshall? If I recall, there was enough space on site to add portables to accommodate that many kids. In fact, during the growth boundary discussions, I seem to remember JA K-8 parents suggesting that John Marshall house both W-P and JAMS as roll-ups, using portables for the overflow.<br /><br />If JAK-8 is projected to be a 4 cores/grade for 7th grade next year (down by 2 cores, presumably due to the opening of JAMS), then wouldn't there be "room" at John Marshall (perhaps with the addition of portables) to accommodate the rising SpEd kids?<br /><br />One of the primary reasons why families chose a K-8 is for the continuity over grades K-8. It seems this would be especially-valuable for SpEd kids. <br /><br />Honestly, I would think this would be of higher priority than maintaining the super-sized 3 classes/grade K-8 structure, but I suppose that in this never-ending capacity crunch situation, SPS is eager to cram in kids where they can, even if they will eventually be sited on a traffic island piece of property (@ Pinehurst).<br /><br />One thing I don't get is this...even once the current grade 6 bubble gets worked out, the program size for JAK-8 (or whatever it is re-named) will still be about 40+ kids over the stated building capacity of 680 for the new building at Pinehurst, assuming class sizes in the ballpark of current contract allowances. How will this be rectified, given the constraints for parking, etc... at the Pinehurst site? Will the school be allowed to have the higher enrollment (with "normal" class sizes), despite the lack of staff parking, etc..., or was the school placed at a too-small site under the wishful thinking that McCleary-sized classes would kick in by then, at least for incoming K classes, and all would be well (assuming that all the neighborhood schools - District-wide- are also treated to smaller class sizes)?<br /><br />-just wonderingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-42135807755647783872014-04-28T23:58:36.508-07:002014-04-28T23:58:36.508-07:00JA K-8 currently has 3 SPED/autism classrooms (K-2...JA K-8 currently has 3 SPED/autism classrooms (K-2, 3-5 and 6-8). The original plans for the new building did not have enough space for all three classrooms, but we pushed the district to make space in the building to keep our full SPED program and were relieved when the architects figured out a way to fit the extra classroom. All three autism classes will move with us to John Marshall next year, and to Pinehurst in 2016. <br /><br />This thread is the first I have heard of this issue, and I got in touch with Principal Nelsen as soon as I read it this evening.<br /><br />According to her, SPS assigned so many 6th graders to our middle school autism class this year, there will not be enough space for the rising 5th graders next year. <br /><br />The school administration looked at every space available at John Marshall and would have loved to keep all of our SPED kids, but at 3 classes / grade (and 4 homerooms at 7th), and 3 SPED classrooms, we have maxed out the homerooms at Marshall. Her understanding is that another SPED class will be added at JAMS and those students will at least be able to stay in the building that is already familiar to them. I agree that this is a terrible thing to do to our most fragile students, but the blame lies with the district, not the school administration or community. Spruiternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-7795388875116022242014-04-28T23:07:12.188-07:002014-04-28T23:07:12.188-07:00Here's my input: next year and the year after ...Here's my input: next year and the year after are indeed the canaries. So some K/1 Sped students are assigned to AS#1 in Lincoln ... yes, it's crowded, but it's all elementary. <br /><br />But in 2017 AS#1 theoretically goes into the new WP middle school. 850 comprehensive middle school students, maybe (if people enroll?) 1 K and 1 first grade .... and 4 elem autism units? <br /><br />What the HECK is that? Who thinks it's okay to put elem. Sped kids on that track into a huge comprehensive middle school when they're trying to navigate 1st grade or 2d grade or whatever?<br /><br />or will the district just yanks the kids out and put them somewhere else? They're NOT going to fit in the WP Elem school b/c it already needs portables (and the district is only planning for 2 portables there!!!!) <br /><br />So where do the Sped kids go in 2017? The K/1 kids starting AS#1 Sped will be in 3/4. Should they be in a comprehensive middle school setting, or should they have to move away from the regularly developing peers they have befriended and they know? And new kids to the program - b/c I'm assuming they intend to assign kids every year - so they'll have the kids who started K/1 in 2016 either going to WP Middle school in 2017 as autistic 1/2 graders? Or moving again? Oh, does anybody at JSCEE care? Or is it just "we'll see"? Jerk those kids around much? Makes me furious. <br /><br />Look ahead people! Look ahead at the rest of the game! Stop the WP idiocy NOW by signing Kellie's petition on change.org (it's the way to get the district's attention that the whole WP plan is for crap). <br /><br />The only way I see out of this mess is a big old high school (2000 seats?) at Wilson Pacific, and make Lincoln into a big middle school (1400-1500 middle school - Eckstein's held that many before) (and Hamilton would get an auditorium and a lot more gyms if they moved!) and make Hamilton into a HUGE elementary school (850? 900?) with multiple programs in it. It's a net gain of a 200 elem. seats over the current WP plan, much better high school situation b/c it's new and with the fields and better for them to be on the rapid ride, etc, and the bigger middle school at Lincoln lets Hamilton absorb a bunch of growth for several years. Then when JAK8 is out of Marshall, the district can decide if it needs to bring that building on line permanently as a middle, an elem, or a K8 - with the numbers and plans it has at the time.<br /><br />Signed: Change WP Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-24655512253112042842014-04-28T22:58:42.403-07:002014-04-28T22:58:42.403-07:00John, thank you for clarifying this issue.
I have...John, thank you for clarifying this issue.<br /><br />I have been a strong supporter of Pinehurst and was very pleased that it was, once again, saved from the chopping block despite the inimitable Ron English's machinations.<br /><br />At the same time, some SpEd advocates want very much to ensure that SpEd programs are dispersed equitably in this district. To teach our children is not something that can nor should be left up to individual principals to nix. Furthermore, folks downtown need to quit moving our kids around like pawns to plug holes in capacity or supplant so their peers get their "guaranteed" assignment. <br /><br />It's quite simple really. We refuse to let the hard-fought "Access" service delivery model go the way of other recent botched and dishonest schemes at "serving" and educating our students.mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-12838828916801867532014-04-28T22:37:57.313-07:002014-04-28T22:37:57.313-07:00Melissa,
My source is the Principal, Roy Merca, h...Melissa,<br /><br />My source is the Principal, Roy Merca, himself. I have worked with Roy for years, and I know his strengths and weaknesses pretty well, and I don't think he is lying about it. I asked him directly, and he said it was a top down decision. That said, he is a rule follower, and would not push back on a decision like that. Likewise, our community values acceptance and social justice, and we would not object unless we felt it was really disrupting our program. So it may be that we could have fought it, but we wouldn't. <br /><br />New Low - I would be curious to know where you learned that. I spoke the with Principal himself. Roy is fine with program, and he may well have said the more the merrier, but I really don't think it was his idea.<br />If parents don't feel that the program at Pinehurst is the right fit, by all means fight it. One of my children is in special ed, and I agree that special ed kids should not be shoved around. We refused the Apraxia program at View-ridge because we felt it would be a poor fit for our child.<br /><br />Ed Voter - The program that is being started at Pinehurst at Lincoln will contain 1 self contained classroom (SM4) and an access program where the kids will spend some of their day in the regular classroom and some in a self-contained, but we are not sure exactly what that will look like. They are currently interviewing for the teachers and aides. I do wonder how they are getting around (or ignoring) policy around placement in alternative school.<br /><br /><br />If there have been families assigned to Bagley and then reassigned to Pinehurst, I would imagine that part of the thinking is they would end up with us at Wilson Pacific. <br /><br /> <br /><br />Finally, if there are families who have been assigned to Pinehurst or who have a kid who would be eligible for the autism program, please consider calling the office at 206-252-4600 and come by and take a look at our program. Our kindergarten teacher, Paul Ogle, is absolutely one of the warmest, most caring teachers you will ever meet, and all of our staff are deeply committed teachers who are motivated by our vision of celebrating the uniqueness of every child and creating the compassionate leaders of tomorrow. And I think our new focus on Native American culture and experience is only going to strengthen the richness of our program. It isn't right for every kid, but for a lot of kids it really works. I have one child in special ed and another that is borderline for APP, and both are truly thriving here.<br /><br />John Chapman<br /> Ragweedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12491896585801927302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-22736619482785094242014-04-28T22:31:50.517-07:002014-04-28T22:31:50.517-07:00BINGO EdVoter.
I agree that this is not a Pinehur...BINGO EdVoter.<br /><br />I agree that this is not a Pinehurst initiated issue, so ranters should back off.<br /><br />Personally, I would point the finger at Flip Herndon (enrollment) and Tolley (SPS god). Neither who know or give a whit for IDEA and equity for SpEd. My 2 cents.mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.com