Who is over the principal at a DC charter?

[Anonymous]

My DC is not being provided full services per IEP. We are documenting, have requested data and dates of service, and added principal on emails. We are going on 1+ week and school is not providing DOS. We are in process of getting a private educational attorney. I will be stopping by Advocates for Social Justice and Education to get some free legal advise first.

Who do charter principals report to ( besides their board members) in DC?

[Anonymous]

They usually have an Executive Director who may or may not be officially on the Board.

Then there's the Board.

Then there's the Public Charter School Board.

And then I believe OSSE...

[Anonymous]

Easier to just file a complaint with OSSE. That will get their attention for sure. You don't need an attorney to do this. Go to OSSE site and file a complaint.

[Anonymous]

Here is more background http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/iep.replace.services.crabtree.htm

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DC is not being provided full services per IEP. We are documenting, have requested data and dates of service, and added principal on emails. We are going on 1+ week and school is not providing DOS. We are in process of getting a private educational attorney. I will be stopping by Advocates for Social Justice and Education to get some free legal advise first.

Who do charter principals report to ( besides their board members) in DC?

Your child missed one week of services and you are ready to sue?

[Anonymous]

OP'er. Figured out three weeks ago that school had only been providing 50% of another service DC was supposed to be receiving weekly. There is an established pattern with supporting data.

[Anonymous]

OP here again. School also has refused to provide dates of service regarding when service was privided to our DC over the past 3 months. We have been told that they don't have that data. When direxrly asked about the specific days of the week and length of service provided we have been provided with no response. Quite simply we want our DC to be provided with services outlined in IEP. Nothing else. Next step appears to be filing a complaint.

[Anonymous]

I would start with a letter to the service coordinator stating that you would like to discuss how services are being delivered. Propose a time that you will be there.
Invite the teacher and principal.

If you are at a school like Capital City that has a lower school, middle school and high school, there is a head of school as well. I would cc the head of school on the meeting invite.

When you do not get the information you are looking for, I would make them aware that you are reaching out to OSSE for support in navigating compliance for your IEP.

You might want to also post a more general titled note on DC Public Schools to get an understanding of how BASIS parents filed a civil rights lawsuit regarding services.

There is also the DC Public Charter School Board.

I do not think going to the board for the school that you are enrolled in will get you anything.

[Anonymous]

File complaint with OSSE

[Anonymous]

there is a document about parent safeguards. here is a link:
https://osse.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/publication/attachments/Part%20B%20Procedural%20Safeguards.pdf

i would read it and reference it in my email to the school

[Anonymous]

+1. File complaint. Any missed services past a week is illegal. School has an obligation to provide you with a schedule and dates that correspond to when they provided your DC with services outlined in IEP. They are obligated to utlize a system of internal tracking of such information. It is NOT sufficient for them to simply not provide data. Have you asked them in writing why they are unwilling to provide you with IEP service dates? That sounds fishy.

[Anonymous]

This is good information. We have also requested the schools definition for 'special education push in instruction.' They have not provided it yet. Could someone explain how this service is typically provided to a student? Is it typical, that if my DC is allocated x amount of push in special education hours per week, that the special educator is also servicing/supporting other students (who receive push in) in the classroom at the same time? I ask this because DC (who has been an accurate reporter up to this point) has repeatedly stated that he receives only 30% of providers time during the allocated service. On top of this---he is not even being provided with the full weekly service amount.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is good information. We have also requested the schools definition for 'special education push in instruction.' They have not provided it yet. Could someone explain how this service is typically provided to a student? Is it typical, that if my DC is allocated x amount of push in special education hours per week, that the special educator is also servicing/supporting other students (who receive push in) in the classroom at the same time? I ask this because DC (who has been an accurate reporter up to this point) has repeatedly stated that he receives only 30% of providers time during the allocated service. On top of this---he is not even being provided with the full weekly service amount.

Yes, a special ed instructor in a push in situation can and often does assist other students with IEPs. If the IEP doesn't stipulate 1:1 instruction, that isn't what the child is required to receive.

If your child needs more individualized attention to access the curriculum, you will need to have the IEP amended.

[Anonymous]

PP. We had a similar situation with our 3rd grader last year. While push in is not 1:1 a student should be receving at least 50%+ of the special educators time. In our case our daughter got only about 10% of providers time. We realized this, documented and had IEP amended to state that DD would receive 50% or more of the providers time towards the identified push in IEP hours. What is the point of specialized in class support if a student doesn't directly receive it due to the provider servicing other students at the same time?