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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's that famous quote from Mahatma Gandhi, "the true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members?"  Your true colors are showing - its the GOP at work trying to dismantle education throughout the country, because education truly is (was?) the great equalizer.

For now anyway, all children are entitled to a free and public education.  This includes special needs children, who can reach their best potential with early intervention.

The problem is not with IDEA, the problem is with how our country treats teaching as a profession: with little respect, little autonomy, and little pay.  Fix those things, and there won't be a teacher shortage, or a special education teacher shortage.[/quote]

+10000 Well said.

The IDEA, ADA, and Section 504 laws were written to protect the basic civil rights of students with disabilities. The problem is not with the laws. The problem is how school systems treat students with disabilities.

Staffing is a vital part of Special Education programs. Beyond the teachers and para educators, MCPS has vacancies in positions for school psychologists, counselors, speech pathologists, occupational therapists, etc. Pay, benefits, and workloads are the common reason why. This has been a systemic problem in MCPS for years. Leadership in the Office of Special Education has had a revolving door of interim personnel so there has been no consistent plan to improve conditions to attract staff to these vital positions.

To quote again Mahatma Gandhi, "the true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members." How does MCPS treat students with disabilities?

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