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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]APS doesn't allocate staff according to a specific student-in-need:special teacher ratio.[/quote]

Umm that is incorrect. ELL and SPED students are staffed per population at every APS school. That is why a school like DES has one ELL teacher and a school like Carling Springs can have 8+.  Same with special education staffing. It is based on services required for the number of students, absolutely.[/quote]

By [b]enrollment[/b][u].  Not a (for example) 5:1 student in need:teacher ratio.  How can you assign by a specific ratio for special education if you haven't evaluated everyone? Like schools over 500 get 2 RTGs rather than 1.  But a school of 700 with 2 RTGs does not have the same per student ratio as a school with 560 with 2 RTGs.  Carlin Springs, Randolph, Barcroft, Ashlawn, Long Branch may all have different numbers of ESOL teachers; but ask the teachers at each school how many students they are each responsible for.  It's not the same.[/quote]

DP.  Sure, let’s make the ratios perfectly balanced.  It should be easy to figure out how to assign an extra .13 staff to one school and .07 to another.

These ratios are always ranges because we deal in realty where you can only slice and dice a staff position so far.[/quote]

Typical DCUM over-picking-apart every little thing and missing the point.

The point is that the proportion doesn't [u]equalize [/u]the availability of the resources. And yes, I do believe that Nottingham has the ability and obligation to work with parents like OP who are confident there is something that can be gleaned from an evaluation of their child; and I believe if Nottingham really wanted to, it would find a way to do it. Admins generally dissuade parents of children who the admins deem to be doing fine, or well, from seeking additional services or evaluations because they don't want to overburden the evaluation staff they have. I believe, overall, the high FRL/ELL schools are "more" overburdened and overwhelmed with identifying needs and gifted students than the Nottinghams even with the Nottinghams' fewer staff.  If the staff at my kids' high FRL/ELL elementary school can do it as they did for our family, Nottingham should be able to do the same.[/quote]

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