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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What about special ed? Is each one of your little townships going to have a Learning Center, LFI, SCB, Autism, Asperger's, ED, Bridge, AAC, ARS, Extensions, and all three versions of DHOH? And all five PEP programs? Where are you going to find the money and building space to house and staff the massive replication of these services? If not, are you going to pay the other townships to educate these students and find buses to take them there? Or pay $100,000 per kid to Ivymount or Katherine Thomas School? What about the public 100% special ed schools like Carl Sandburg, Rock Terrace, and RICA?

Were you even aware that MCPS had all these programs? Or is it just about CES and magnet in your brain, because those are the only kids who matter? [/quote]
Are you suggesting school districts in NY/NJ/MA/CT/MN (generally regarded as the best schools in the nation) don’t offer special ed services? [/quote]

No, I'm suggesting they don't have the same diversity of programs available. Which they don't. I just looked at the district website for the town in upstate NY where my cousin lives and for ES special ed there are exactly 3 options. And you conveniently left out all the states that don't organize school districts on a county basis but are poorly ranked anyway, like New Mexico, California, and Arizona. And it's one thing when you've organized districts from townships from the get-go. Breaking down a countywide system that's been in place for decades is quite another matter. A totally unrealistic one. Once it's written in the IEP that a child needs X program, you have to do your best to match that or pay someone who can. You can't just say, "Whoops, we axed it, go back to your home school, too bad so sad." The lawsuits claiming denial of FAPE would be endless. Unless you are planning to recreate every program in every little township division, which would cost a fortune. Hard as it may be to believe, families actually do move to MCPS for the special ed options. [/quote]

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