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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can our school system be all things to all people without us finding a way to increase revenues to support the budget needs?

Many elementary schools have 10 to 15 special ed teachers and IAs. Tack on three or four ESOL teachers per school. There are schools with up to seven reading specialists. Then add all the other specialists that are not regular classroom teachers, and it's mind boggling.

Even though it's easy to jump on the AAP centers, because no one will accuse you of not being PC and supportive, we need to stop scapegoating. The AAP kids are not really using more resources other than transportation. They just happen to be grouped together. Otherwise, same use of a teacher, same use of a classroom.

We have chosen to try to educate kids with many kinds of special needs, and that costs a lot. I see the autistic kid on my street get picked up and taken to a different school from his base school, practically alone on the school bus, needing a paid assistant to watch him, every day. At school, he will be helped, I hope, by a team of special ed teachers and assistants. Will he ever talk or hold a job? Not likely, but we believe our educational system should do all it can for him. This costs a lot.

I know so many kids on the autistic spectrum and with other special needs. It's no longer rare.

What's got to give? Where do we cut? What population benefits the most? How does our society get the most return out of our investment?

And do we need so many administrators? Why does an elementary school need ten full-time admin people?

I have more questions than answers.

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