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>I will type the page 2 later (the part not included in >last weeks paper)its very interesting, i have a >headache right now and what would take me about 10 min >to type would probably take me at least an hour .... > >This is my letter with what they made me add in >parenthesis....oh yeah I believe ! LOL > > >Letter to the Editor > >Regarding the recent events with the Morton School >District and its problems, cutbacks on employee hours >and resulting class action grievance filed by the PSE, > Mr. Davis noted that it was due to Levy funds and >Special Education. > As a parent of a child that is served by Special >Education I felt I must respond. (I believe) Perhaps >if Mr. Davis and the Morton School District did what >was "right" in the beginning, rather than trying to >deny what was right, Special Education wouldn't be a >drain on the School Districts finances.(I believe) >Perhaps if they didn't try to get away with violating >rights or denying what was appropriate education the >repercussions would not create unnecessary financial >burden. >Consider a leaky faucet. Fix the leak right the first >time you are aware of it and its done, with little >financial outlay. Let it continue or try to deny the >need to fix it and eventually you have to spend >enormous amounts of money fixing the damage from the >ensuing trickle or even flood of water .... >I do not know the extent of the trickle from other >Special Education students and parents, I only know my >own experiences. Perhaps there are just a few or >perhaps there are many with the same experience and >the same outcomes. And yes its possible I have been >a drain on this school district trying to protect the >rights of my child. Didn't have to be that way, and >It's not by choice. I would much rather have the >district provide what is appropriate in the beginning >(which by the way would only have been expenses that >ARE reimbursed). But they wouldn't. They let the >"faucet" remain leaky. And in trying to protect my >son's right to an appropriate education the burden is >extended far greater than it would have been. >(I believe) The School District and Mr. Davis chooses >to violate rather than to adhere. And the ensuing >repercussions become far greater financial burdens >than would have incurred by doing what is right. > So, Mr. Davis, do not blame Special Education..... >accept the blame yourself for not doing what is right >when you became aware of necessity. Accept that your >own actions, the denial of rights and appropriate >education for special education students, had >repercussions that created financial burden. > >Cheryl Blanchard
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