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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And to make up for the funding gaps they're pulling from programs that have been running well, even if not fully resourced themselves. It's just an enshittification of everything in the system at this point. Pull everyone down in the name of equality![/quote]

In the name of equity, they should be investing more, not less, in SPED.  Many of our children are denied services despite having true, documented concerns.  If you notice they changed their logo and took out equity.[/quote]

These high ranking central office special education positions are being replaced with more special education teachers IN schools. These positions are designed to reduce the workload of HSM teachers (home school model)  by assisting them with paperwork and meetings, which should taker current HSM teachers away from actual face time with kids . I applaud Dr. Taylor for doing this. [/quote]

He is adding a position to every elementary school.  Unfortunately, the staff/students losing out on the cuts in autism services and the students/staff benefiting from the new positions will not be the same group.  Cutting support from the most vulnerable students and the jobs which are some of the most challenging cannot be the answer…[/quote]

Is he cutting support for the most vulnerable or is he spreading out the support in a different way?[/quote]

He is cutting support for non verbal children with Autism.  Non verbal is not another language, it is no words.

50 SLP staff showed up at the Board of Education meeting yesterday to protest this change.

Why do you hate those 50 teachers so much? [/quote]

He is only cutting central office staff who haven’t been in an actual school building in years. They do not support students at all. I know exactly what I’m talking about and I know who the supervisors who were cut are. Dr Taylor is smart to re allocate those positions to school based teacher jobs where they will actually help kids. And yes, students of varying needs , verbal and non verbal because they are in general education also.[/quote]

I doubt there are that many non-verbal autistic kids in general education.  Sure, there are definitely some non-verbal kids who don't have any intellectual disabilities and with access to appropriate AAC are a good fit for general education.  But a lot of nonverbal kids are also intellectually disabled, not on the diploma track, and often have challenges too severe to be a good fit for mainstream classrooms.  [/quote]

I taught in a mainstream class and had international students with significant disabilities, but no IEP. [/quote]

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