FCPS does everything they can to not give services to special Ed. They spend millions on attorneys to fight families. You must be a FCPS employee to be this delusional. |
This! |
| Well, it’s been over 45 days. When will the reimbursements kick out to those who are deemed worthy of one? |
We are at 150+ days and I can’t get an update of where we are in the process. I love that FCPS told me the timeline but they can’t stick to it. |
| School will start up again in less than 1 month. |
What does that matter? |
| Well, it’s almost August. Haven’t heard anything yet. Maybe staff will start working on this soon? |
it is Gatehouse that is holding up the process. |
| They keep having to hiring someone and then that person leaves and the process starts over. |
| Does anyone know who the person in charge or point of contact is? |
Yes. Apparently the person quit towards the end of the school year. |
+1. Gatehouse expected teachers to shoulder everything else, including the decision worksheets, holding meetings with families, filling out paperwork, and delivering services to the students who qualified. Zero support from Gatehouse during any part of that process. It sucked but it got done in the expected timeframe. The one part that was Gatehouse’s responsibility isn’t done right and there’s no communication with families or teachers. That tells you pretty much everything you need to know. |
it seems to roll up to Dawn Schaefer- she is Director of Office of Special Education Procedural Support but there are lots of other people involved who can't give an answer on status or why the hold up. |
Headquarters of school systems always hires people at the top --and they always require teachers to do more paperwork when they should be planning and teaching. |