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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]To those opposed to eliminating IS:

What would you propose instead?

Raising K-12 class sizes even more?[/quote]

We’re arguing that this isn’t going to save APS money. It would eliminate an exceptional program to disperse us around the county for a worse option. So the $1 million would still be spent. But instead of spending it in one site, it would be spent in classes around the county.

K-12 students aren’t going anywhere. But neither are students receiving early intervention services with APS. APS is mandated to serve them too. So our students matter just as much as K-12.

Also, from a cost-benefit analysis: if our students make significant progress in their current placement, then they are more likely to attend general education in K-12. If our students were to be moved self-contained and make significantly less progress, we would need to send them to special education classes in K-12 potentially. So if you are worried about K-12, APS would not be expanding general education classes with lower enrollment in a few years, but having to also look for room for self-contained K-12 rooms. IN ADDITION to all the rooms IS classes would be taking space in! Which we aren’t even sure APS has room for those![/quote]

Does APS have data showing that children who receive early intervention sped services are able to transition to gen ed classrooms later (without IEPs)? If you’re saying that early sped services mean the student is no longer sped later in their academic career, that’s something to consider.

That’s really unlikely though. Sped kids don’t usually stop being sped.[/quote]

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