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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To clarify your point- that was For a very small number of students with very severe disabilities. The bulk of FCPS families asking for reimbursement and services have children do not have children with those severe disabilities (e.g. ID, PSCB services). Most FCPS families asking for reimbursement or services are indeed milking this to their own advantage- and no- other families across the country and in other counties did not sue and are not doing the same. Let alone complaining that their reimbursements are taking too long. SMH.[/quote]

Someone back in this thread had a kid who sat out of school for like 3 years because FCPS FAILED to meet their legal obligation to educate him,   and all they are asking for is compensatory speech therapy. He didn't go to school for three years at all because they couldn't find a seat for him anywhere. No education. I can't believe any one would have an issue with that. (FCPS saves a fortune on not paying for him for three years as well.)[/quote]

It amazes me that people have an issue with a situation like this. FCPS provided no education for three years, the family asked for speech therapy compensation (presumably b/c he was supposed to be getting hours of speech from FCPS for three years on an IEP that was never implemented b/c the child was not in school). This family didn't sue. They just were trying for years to support a child with severe needs in severe crisis with no education from FCPS. FCPS called a meeting and said, what would be fair to reimburse? And people are posting that this family is unreasonable, greedy blah blah blah. FCPS saved a ton of money by not sending this kid to school for three years.

The govt investigated FCPS. This isn't the result of "greedy" families suing. [/quote]

Your facts are out of context. I think the child did not get educated because outside/private placements (which the child needed) refused to accept the student due to COVID.  This is an extremely rare situation, and does not represent the majority of families who sought reimbursement or compensatory services. I am not talking about cases like this. I am talking about families wanting their "social skills hours" or "speech therapy for the R sound" or "special education time in the general education seting." Individuals could not go to the doctor, get medical procedures, or even have surgery- for months!- and people are worried about some missed social skills hours or articulation therapy hours or few hours of math tutor? Unreasonable. Taking advantage of the system and hurting the system, because they are only looking out for themselves and nickeling and diming FCPS because they can. [/quote]

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