Has anyone gotten reimbursed from FCPS? (it is now July)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Call the office of special education procedural support. 571-423-4290. Apparently, they have had turn over. I was able to submit my W-9 today and resend the docs my school submitted in early June.

yikes. How do you get the docs that the school had sent?

Our school cc’d me on the original email they sent in, so I was able to forward it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That's annoying. A travel sports parent had a child who got over $5000 in reimbursements. Highly doubtful that a travel sports child has a severe disability especially when they aren't in a specific disability program. Your child should have been compensated.

How is the world do you know the child does not have a severe learning disability? Certainly you must see how ignorant your comment is…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gimmee, gimmee, gimmee.

Always wanting freebies, but denying others.....

FCPS agreed these families were owed compensation.

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Lol! No, FCPS didn't. Some overworked case manager who didn't give a crap anymore agreed just to get the parents off her back. FCPS gave virtually no guidelines on this.

FCPS didn't decide anything. They were forced to compensate parents by the Office of Civil Rights. FCPS didn't give a crap about the kids during the pandemic or now. They're just doing what they have to by law. No countywide guidance was given to case managers. I have two kids in different schools - one school was very fair with compensation, the other wasn't.

I pay $150/hour for my ASD kid's therapy. He was denied over 400 hours of services. I'm being compensated for less than 20% of that. It's not about gimmee, gimmee, gimmee. It's about parents fighting for their children that were denied federally mandated services. No one with a special needs kid would say something so heartless.

FCPS was giving your child 400 hours of SPED support? That seems unlikely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gimmee, gimmee, gimmee.

Always wanting freebies, but denying others.....

FCPS agreed these families were owed compensation.

.

Lol! No, FCPS didn't. Some overworked case manager who didn't give a crap anymore agreed just to get the parents off her back. FCPS gave virtually no guidelines on this.

FCPS didn't decide anything. They were forced to compensate parents by the Office of Civil Rights. FCPS didn't give a crap about the kids during the pandemic or now. They're just doing what they have to by law. No countywide guidance was given to case managers. I have two kids in different schools - one school was very fair with compensation, the other wasn't.

I pay $150/hour for my ASD kid's therapy. He was denied over 400 hours of services. I'm being compensated for less than 20% of that. It's not about gimmee, gimmee, gimmee. It's about parents fighting for their children that were denied federally mandated services. No one with a special needs kid would say something so heartless.

FCPS was giving your child 400 hours of SPED support? That seems unlikely.

Yes, he has a severe disability and was out of school for over a year.

Even my child without a severe disability missed hundreds of hours. Many of those were support hours from an IA, but he still did not receive them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gimmee, gimmee, gimmee.

Always wanting freebies, but denying others.....

FCPS agreed these families were owed compensation.

.

Lol! No, FCPS didn't. Some overworked case manager who didn't give a crap anymore agreed just to get the parents off her back. FCPS gave virtually no guidelines on this.

FCPS didn't decide anything. They were forced to compensate parents by the Office of Civil Rights. FCPS didn't give a crap about the kids during the pandemic or now. They're just doing what they have to by law. No countywide guidance was given to case managers. I have two kids in different schools - one school was very fair with compensation, the other wasn't.

I pay $150/hour for my ASD kid's therapy. He was denied over 400 hours of services. I'm being compensated for less than 20% of that. It's not about gimmee, gimmee, gimmee. It's about parents fighting for their children that were denied federally mandated services. No one with a special needs kid would say something so heartless.

FCPS was giving your child 400 hours of SPED support? That seems unlikely.

Yes, he has a severe disability and was out of school for over a year.

Even my child without a severe disability missed hundreds of hours. Many of those were support hours from an IA, but he still did not receive them.

If he has a severe disability, he would have been eligible to return in October of 2020 unless you decided to keep him virtual for all of 2020-2021.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gimmee, gimmee, gimmee.

Always wanting freebies, but denying others.....

FCPS agreed these families were owed compensation.

.

Lol! No, FCPS didn't. Some overworked case manager who didn't give a crap anymore agreed just to get the parents off her back. FCPS gave virtually no guidelines on this.

FCPS didn't decide anything. They were forced to compensate parents by the Office of Civil Rights. FCPS didn't give a crap about the kids during the pandemic or now. They're just doing what they have to by law. No countywide guidance was given to case managers. I have two kids in different schools - one school was very fair with compensation, the other wasn't.

I pay $150/hour for my ASD kid's therapy. He was denied over 400 hours of services. I'm being compensated for less than 20% of that. It's not about gimmee, gimmee, gimmee. It's about parents fighting for their children that were denied federally mandated services. No one with a special needs kid would say something so heartless.

FCPS was giving your child 400 hours of SPED support? That seems unlikely.

Yes, he has a severe disability and was out of school for over a year.

Even my child without a severe disability missed hundreds of hours. Many of those were support hours from an IA, but he still did not receive them.

If he has a severe disability, he would have been eligible to return in October of 2020 unless you decided to keep him virtual for all of 2020-2021.

Yep, something doesn’t add up (pun intended)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gimmee, gimmee, gimmee.

Always wanting freebies, but denying others.....

FCPS agreed these families were owed compensation.

.

Lol! No, FCPS didn't. Some overworked case manager who didn't give a crap anymore agreed just to get the parents off her back. FCPS gave virtually no guidelines on this.

FCPS didn't decide anything. They were forced to compensate parents by the Office of Civil Rights. FCPS didn't give a crap about the kids during the pandemic or now. They're just doing what they have to by law. No countywide guidance was given to case managers. I have two kids in different schools - one school was very fair with compensation, the other wasn't.

I pay $150/hour for my ASD kid's therapy. He was denied over 400 hours of services. I'm being compensated for less than 20% of that. It's not about gimmee, gimmee, gimmee. It's about parents fighting for their children that were denied federally mandated services. No one with a special needs kid would say something so heartless.

FCPS was giving your child 400 hours of SPED support? That seems unlikely.

Yes, he has a severe disability and was out of school for over a year.

Even my child without a severe disability missed hundreds of hours. Many of those were support hours from an IA, but he still did not receive them.

If he has a severe disability, he would have been eligible to return in October of 2020 unless you decided to keep him virtual for all of 2020-2021.

Yep, something doesn’t add up (pun intended)

I really shouldn't have to defend myself. It's all documented on the IEP. He did go back in October 2020, but FCPS went back to virtual by Thanksgiving and he had to wait until February 2021 to go back again.

I'm only one of many. I don't think parents of neurotypical kids were treated fairly during the pandemic either.

I prefer to shed a light on what's happening, so other parents can fight for their children. I'm not sure how questioning my authenticity and accusing parents of being greedy make anything better in FCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That's annoying. A travel sports parent had a child who got over $5000 in reimbursements. Highly doubtful that a travel sports child has a severe disability especially when they aren't in a specific disability program. Your child should have been compensated.

wow- so judgy. What about the kids with severe learning disabilities? should they not be able to play sports?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gimmee, gimmee, gimmee.

Always wanting freebies, but denying others.....

FCPS agreed these families were owed compensation.

.

Lol! No, FCPS didn't. Some overworked case manager who didn't give a crap anymore agreed just to get the parents off her back. FCPS gave virtually no guidelines on this.

FCPS didn't decide anything. They were forced to compensate parents by the Office of Civil Rights. FCPS didn't give a crap about the kids during the pandemic or now. They're just doing what they have to by law. No countywide guidance was given to case managers. I have two kids in different schools - one school was very fair with compensation, the other wasn't.

I pay $150/hour for my ASD kid's therapy. He was denied over 400 hours of services. I'm being compensated for less than 20% of that. It's not about gimmee, gimmee, gimmee. It's about parents fighting for their children that were denied federally mandated services. No one with a special needs kid would say something so heartless.

FCPS was giving your child 400 hours of SPED support? That seems unlikely.

Yes, he has a severe disability and was out of school for over a year.

Even my child without a severe disability missed hundreds of hours. Many of those were support hours from an IA, but he still did not receive them.

If he has a severe disability, he would have been eligible to return in October of 2020 unless you decided to keep him virtual for all of 2020-2021.

Yep, something doesn’t add up (pun intended)

I really shouldn't have to defend myself. It's all documented on the IEP. He did go back in October 2020, but FCPS went back to virtual by Thanksgiving and he had to wait until February 2021 to go back again.

I'm only one of many. I don't think parents of neurotypical kids were treated fairly during the pandemic either.

I prefer to shed a light on what's happening, so other parents can fight for their children. I'm not sure how questioning my authenticity and accusing parents of being greedy make anything better in FCPS.

That must have been a loooong compensatory meeting and I feel for both you and the sped teacher.

I am a teacher and still bitter about the terrible closures by FCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gimmee, gimmee, gimmee.

Always wanting freebies, but denying others.....

FCPS agreed these families were owed compensation.

.

Lol! No, FCPS didn't. Some overworked case manager who didn't give a crap anymore agreed just to get the parents off her back. FCPS gave virtually no guidelines on this.

FCPS didn't decide anything. They were forced to compensate parents by the Office of Civil Rights. FCPS didn't give a crap about the kids during the pandemic or now. They're just doing what they have to by law. No countywide guidance was given to case managers. I have two kids in different schools - one school was very fair with compensation, the other wasn't.

I pay $150/hour for my ASD kid's therapy. He was denied over 400 hours of services. I'm being compensated for less than 20% of that. It's not about gimmee, gimmee, gimmee. It's about parents fighting for their children that were denied federally mandated services. No one with a special needs kid would say something so heartless.

FCPS was giving your child 400 hours of SPED support? That seems unlikely.

Yes, he has a severe disability and was out of school for over a year.

Even my child without a severe disability missed hundreds of hours. Many of those were support hours from an IA, but he still did not receive them.

They are not reimbursing you “100%” bc the x hours of support provided by IA =\= x hours of support provided in a private therapy session.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gimmee, gimmee, gimmee.

Always wanting freebies, but denying others.....

FCPS agreed these families were owed compensation.

.

Lol! No, FCPS didn't. Some overworked case manager who didn't give a crap anymore agreed just to get the parents off her back. FCPS gave virtually no guidelines on this.

FCPS didn't decide anything. They were forced to compensate parents by the Office of Civil Rights. FCPS didn't give a crap about the kids during the pandemic or now. They're just doing what they have to by law. No countywide guidance was given to case managers. I have two kids in different schools - one school was very fair with compensation, the other wasn't.

I pay $150/hour for my ASD kid's therapy. He was denied over 400 hours of services. I'm being compensated for less than 20% of that. It's not about gimmee, gimmee, gimmee. It's about parents fighting for their children that were denied federally mandated services. No one with a special needs kid would say something so heartless.

FCPS was giving your child 400 hours of SPED support? That seems unlikely.

Yes, he has a severe disability and was out of school for over a year.

Even my child without a severe disability missed hundreds of hours. Many of those were support hours from an IA, but he still did not receive them.

If he has a severe disability, he would have been eligible to return in October of 2020 unless you decided to keep him virtual for all of 2020-2021.

Yep, something doesn’t add up (pun intended)

I really shouldn't have to defend myself. It's all documented on the IEP. He did go back in October 2020, but FCPS went back to virtual by Thanksgiving and he had to wait until February 2021 to go back again.

I'm only one of many. I don't think parents of neurotypical kids were treated fairly during the pandemic either.

I prefer to shed a light on what's happening, so other parents can fight for their children. I'm not sure how questioning my authenticity and accusing parents of being greedy make anything better in FCPS.

You are posting on a totally anonymous forum with information that is hard to believe. I’m not saying you’re lying, but don’t be surprised when people ask questions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That's annoying. A travel sports parent had a child who got over $5000 in reimbursements. Highly doubtful that a travel sports child has a severe disability especially when they aren't in a specific disability program. Your child should have been compensated.

How is the world do you know the child does not have a severe learning disability? Certainly you must see how ignorant your comment is…

Because they don’t have an IEP

[Anonymous]

I just think the most severe disabilities and IEP's should be compensated as fully as possible. Perhaps the 400 hours had a limitation why it was denied, but 2 hours a day is reasonable for services for a severely disabled child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That's annoying. A travel sports parent had a child who got over $5000 in reimbursements. Highly doubtful that a travel sports child has a severe disability especially when they aren't in a specific disability program. Your child should have been compensated.

How is the world do you know the child does not have a severe learning disability? Certainly you must see how ignorant your comment is…

Because they don’t have an IEP

How do you know this? Some parents keep that information private because they don't want unsolicited comments or advice from strangers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gimmee, gimmee, gimmee.

Always wanting freebies, but denying others.....

FCPS agreed these families were owed compensation.

.

Lol! No, FCPS didn't. Some overworked case manager who didn't give a crap anymore agreed just to get the parents off her back. FCPS gave virtually no guidelines on this.

FCPS didn't decide anything. They were forced to compensate parents by the Office of Civil Rights. FCPS didn't give a crap about the kids during the pandemic or now. They're just doing what they have to by law. No countywide guidance was given to case managers. I have two kids in different schools - one school was very fair with compensation, the other wasn't.

I pay $150/hour for my ASD kid's therapy. He was denied over 400 hours of services. I'm being compensated for less than 20% of that. It's not about gimmee, gimmee, gimmee. It's about parents fighting for their children that were denied federally mandated services. No one with a special needs kid would say something so heartless.

FCPS was giving your child 400 hours of SPED support? That seems unlikely.

Yes, he has a severe disability and was out of school for over a year.

Even my child without a severe disability missed hundreds of hours. Many of those were support hours from an IA, but he still did not receive them.

They are not reimbursing you “100%” bc the x hours of support provided by IA =\= x hours of support provided in a private therapy session.

I never asked for, nor expected it to be reimbursed 100%. As I mentioned in a previous post one school offered about 20% which I thought was fair. The other offered me less than 5% of the 400+ hours.