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> > > > >(I believe) you wrote a great letter. (I believe)I'm >glad they printed it. (I believe) you gave them food >for thought. Hopefully the other parents and teachers >will learn something too. But that is just what (I >believe) Sorry, couldn't help myself. :-)) LOL > > > > > > > > >>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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