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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Could those of you trying to take this thread off-topic by going on and on about the stupid Brent situation and where it sits in proximity to, give it a rest? The poor mother who made the request and already [b]has her plateful dealing with the deaf child [/b]was told no. Happy? Now let's focus on the fat bureaucrats who  selfishly took advantage[/quote]

Really???!!! Cause deaf kids are such a burden? I bet you are one of those people who probably give your gay friends permission or absolution, like they need your approval. Ignorant fool.[/quote]

So, it was the mom who is Deaf, not the kid.  The mom wanted her child with other children of Deaf adults so she could sign at school, and for a sense of community.  It seems like an eminently reasonable request to me.  Also, someone else can weigh in on this, but my understanding is that Brent actually does have some sort of specialized program for D/deaf and hard of hearing kids, since my friend's child was placed their OOB for hearing loss.  [/quote]

I have never seen anything about a special program at Brent for sign language except this article, which mentions a Brent teacher (who is still there) using a bit of ASL for students to request bathroom passes and the like: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/15/AR2009101501373.html

There may be CODAs there and from googling, some of their PTA meetings appear to have ASL interpretation (so do JO Wilson's). But the special program for Deaf/hard of hearing kids in DCPS is at Payne. Given that the child whose mom requested placement seems to be hearing, she wouldn't have been placed in the self-contained class. But to have signing teachers and kids (and probably some parents), Payne would have made sense. I don't fault the mom for asking for Brent or Ross but also don't think it's obvious that the request should have been granted...we don't have all the details. We can still think that Snowden and Young's cases were wrong.

All of this makes me wonder if I could have gotten my kid out of a school situation that was a bad fit had I asked for a transfer (I am not a DC official and certainly don't have the stature of any of the people who got them!). It truly didn't occur to me that this was an option and now I feel like a rube.[/quote]

The point is that Kaya may have made the reasonable call in this situation based on the request and justification presented to her. The child is not deaf, the parent is. Neither Brent nor Ross has any unique programs for students of deaf parents.  Mom did not ask for a placement at Payne - the school with specific ASL program. The parent's request just reads like she is trying to  get into one of two highly in-demand schools. This doesn't excuse Kaya saying yes to other better connected parents...
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