Is Oyster pushing out special Ed students?
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Anonymous
| On the last very few days I heard that the administration is trying to get rid of inclusion kids. Have anybody heard anything? |
Anonymous
| Why? |
Anonymous
| A little more background OP? |
Anonymous
| It would not surprise me.... |
Anonymous
In the last week at least 3 families with kids with special needs have wrote emails to other OA families saying goodbye and stating that "the new administration doesn't want to include kids with special needs" and therefore they have lo leave. |
Anonymous
I seriously doubt it. Next year's budget preserves funding for the special ed teachers. |
Anonymous
| It wouldn't surprise me!!! The new principal isn't great. |
Anonymous
how do you know? Is the budget public? |
Anonymous
The OA budget released by DCPS stated that OA gets less money for special Ed http://dcps.dc.gov/DCPS/Files/downloads/ABOUT%20DCPS/Budget%20-%20Finance/FY16%20documents/Final%20School%20Allocations-FY16/DCPS-OYSTERADAMS-Allocation-FY16.pdf |
Anonymous
| Ok, now I see the connection between the comments at the (now deleted) end of the other Oyster thread (regarding the molesting Mr. Pena) and this one. The OP dislikes the new principal/admin. because of how they have handled special needs students. As an Oyster parent, I would really like to know more about all threes sides of the story--Oyster's admins., the special needs students/families and the truth. |
Anonymous
| My view will be unpopular, but if you are special needs to the level of being non-verbal, maybe OA or any bilingual school is not for you...you may be better served in a dedicated special needs school with more therapists and specialists. And the public at large may be better served financially, vs keeping a large staff 20+ to serve 8 kids in one facility. (I don't mean non-verbal ala Stephen Hawkings) |
Anonymous
Your view is not unpopular, it would be illegal to put into practice in 2015. All publicschools must meet the needs of students in the least restrictive setting (not segregated schools or classrooms) whenever possible under the law. I'm a parent of 2 students who attended LAMB. One had serious language/based disabilities (articulation issues, not cognitive) and he was supported well there. LAMB has proven to me and others that inclusion can be done very well within an immersion setting. They hired bilingual support staff and specialists (OT, SLP, psychologists) and intervened early and often and included parents in every decision. If these serious allegations have any merit the families need to be consulting lawyers or ask for a federal Dept of Ed investigation. |
Anonymous
And because of the IDEA Act, your view doesn't matter. Cheers! If this is true, I hope the families seek legal recourse. |
Anonymous
| I think they have to provide services within dcps, but not each and every dcps. |
Anonymous
| Yes, Oyster Adams has told at least one family with a kid with special needs not to return next year. I heard there was one more, but not sure yet. Also, another family has pulled their kid out of the school last week due to inappropriate mistreatment of their kid with Down syndrome. |