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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who is the person in special ed who has proposed all of these changes to the ESY schedule? As someone who has worked ESY for the last 10+ years, I’m very concerned about the impacts of these changes. [/quote]

Don't underestimate how much Taylor diddles in areas in which he shouldn't. The habit of tearing things up to reorganize in ways yet unknown is harming our school system.[/quote]

I support his efforts to do this.  The status quo was/is not working and he is moving quickly to try to find solutions.  The “harm” you mention is speculative.[/quote]

Support what?  A year ago he was trying to fund more sped and now taking it away?   Test scores are down.  Kids are struggling.  This is a need, not want.  [/quote]

All kids are struggling though. Not just sped kids. It may be better to spend the money in a way to benefit all kids not just sped kids. That being said, more high quality alternative programs are needed with easier access but that is not even on the table [/quote]

Wow. "more high quality alternative programs are needed with easier access but that is not even on the table," what does that mean. [/quote]

My take is that the PP means more seats and locations of ASR, Bridge, SESES, GTLD, expand Bridge to elem.[/quote]

This. But also programs like RICA and the now closed Mark Twain. Some kids are pushed into regular classes but they really don’t do well in that environment
. They keep being passed along because they need way more support than what staff at a regular hs can provide. SESES needs a complete overhaul. It is not working for most students who are in it. Some kids should not be mainstreamed but trying to move them is a beaurocratic nightmare so school staff often give up[/quote]

With funding cuts and educational trends moving away from self-contained programs, you are getting a real hodgepodge of kids even in the few programs that remain. So you get kids with impulse/behavioral challenges mixed in with court-involved kids, and then kids in mental health crisis, plus kids with ASD all in the same room, even if they manage to get a placement.

It's chaos and it doesn't work. [/quote]

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