...there we stood in the doorway We heard the mission bell and we were thinking to ourselves "This could be heaven or this could be hell" Mirrors on the ceiling The pink champagne on ice. And she said: "We are all just prisoners here of our own device." (Eagles)

Friday, October 3, 2008

One More Isolated Incident of A State Complaint

Go back to this link, then click on the link to the state complaint.

Read the complete findings by the state about how the HCPS did not honor the written IEP's and did not provide the contracted service that was written in these IEP's. The District received money for these IEP's and then did not provide the service.
Where did the money go? What was the true "punishment" of the corrective action required by the state? How does compensatory service overcome missed windows of opportunity for benefit? Where are the professionals that hawk early intervention while the district delays services?


Motel Special Ed: Old news is still bad news, but how many know it?

Now, we have a new state complaint.
Complaint Alleges Hillsborough Withheld Services To Students#comments#comments#comments#comments#comments

I keep hearing how teachers and ESE personnel want to be respected. I keep hearing how parents are at fault. Here is a question to ponder. Was it teachers and ESE personnel who brought these state complaints? Was it teachers who are telling everyone how dedicated they are and how irresponsible parents are the ones that got together and collected the necessary documentation needed to prove these violations? I doubt few of you know how difficult it is to make a state complaint stick.

I know the OT/PT state complaint came after parents had been asking for accountability for months. They were lied to repeatedly and were treated with disdain because the people the parents were complaining to had to defend the system.

It is the system that is making a mockery of our education.

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