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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because as the parent of a young special needs child we are not only exhausted all the time, we have spent nearly every penny and then some on private services to help our child.  There is nothing left to give, not the time, energy or money.

Not to mention many special Ed students end up as single family households.  Not all, so please don't jump down my throat. But the reality is, if you have money, you go private and get what your child needs. And if you don't have money, many of cannot add even one more thing to our plate. So we get what we get and try not to get to upset[/quote]

+1 Public school families do not have unlimited financial resources. To legally fight MCPS, an entity with unlimited funds for legal fights, parents weigh the cost  with the benefits. Often, the best course of action is paying for private services for our children.

It’s disgusting that MCPS doesn’t focus on the needs of the child. They fight to deny services and then when families prevail, MCPS struggles systemwide to implement IEPs.

Free routes for recourse is filing a state complaint or an OCR complaint. It doesn’t take a lawyer. [/quote]

THe problem is with the massive 3X proliferation in private diagnosis that has plagued the upper-middle-class schools this past decade MCPS just doesn't have the resources to do this even if they wanted to. Something like 80% of my child's W feeder now has a 504 or IEP. They just can't keep up. Their budget is from the days when there were maybe 1 in30 kids not 25/30.[/quote]

Please site your source because I believe you are spreading a false claim based on your personal implicit biases.

There’s no justification for a public school system to break the law and discriminate children with disabilities. That’s why there are Civil Rights Laws to protect students with disabilities.[/quote]

There was an article in the NYT about this which was posted here a week or two agon. [/quote]

Yes, the article documented the massive increase in private diagnosis at upper middle class schools over the past decade and their impact on student services.[/quote]

The article did not have specific reference to MCPS or a specific school in MCPS.  PP claimed 80% of child’s W feeder school has a 504 plan or an IEP. That’s not from the NYT article so I asked for the source. If none can be given then there’s no support for the false claim.[/quote]

The NYT article did cite data showing a 300% increase in diagnosis in upper middle class schools over the past decade. I don't know anything about the PP's numbers. I figured it was hyperbole.[/quote]

This is a MCPS thread. PP has no evidence of any percentage of students with disabilities who have 504 Plan and IEPs or any justification for the specific actions MCPS takes to deny students access to services and accommodations.

Students with disabilities deserve the accommodations and services they need for equal access to educational opportunities. The number of students who qualify for a 504 Plan or IEP is irrelevant. [/quote]

Clearly you have a child with SN who very much needs services.  Ours did.  What MCPS provided was a joke.  Our recourse was either to sue, which we couldn't afford to do or pay for private services.  The only reason our child is doing as well they are is because of private services not MCPS.  MCPS failed our child.  Just because we didn't make a stink doesn't mean MCPS is good with kids like mine.  It means we couldn't afford to sue so we quietly went away like they wanted.[/quote]

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