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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most of the alternative schools have been closed.[/quote]

This.
[b]The programs were shut down last year[/b] and now teachers are being hit and bitten weekly. The children that needed the specialized programs are back in regular classrooms and with out needed supports.

MCPS cut the program so they could waste $168 million on a failed electric bus scheme.[/quote]

No, this happened more than a decade ago.[/quote]

LOL Nice try. But it just happened again last year. The gift that keeps on giving. A Board of Education that would rather cut a program for children in need of specialized support than read a contract brought to them by criminals.
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The Mark Twain School was shut down more than a decade ago. I don't know what you are referring to.[/quote]

I think that there was a program for students on the autism spectrum who also had extreme behaviors that was closed last year. If I recall correctly it was at Darnstown elementary, and was the only program of that nature. [/quote]

The Darnestown program wasn't closed, but its staffing was reduced.

[url]https://www.mymcmedia.org/darnestown-elementary-parents-protest-changes-to-program-serving-students-with-autism/[/url][/quote]

Staffing was reduced because fewer students were assigned to that location, which is important context. From the link:

"Because MCPS does not anticipate sending as many students for FY25, the number of paraeducators there will be reduced by 6.125 and those paraeducators will be reassigned to different schools. There are 13 learning centers, all of which serve students with autism. Wyles said the goal originally was to increase capacity for all learning centers, so some students may not have to commute far to Darnestown. Noting autism is the top growing area of disability for students, Wyles said, “We want to be able to have students be educated as close as possible to their home. We want to build the capacity of our teachers who, whether or not they’re in a learning center classroom, they can support students with autism.”" [/quote]

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