Yes, Oyster Adams has told at least one family with a kid with special needs not to return next year. I heard there was one more, but not sure yet. Also, another family has pulled their kid out of the school last week due to inappropriate mistreatment of their kid with Down syndrome.

I think they have to provide services within dcps, but not each and every dcps.

Anonymous wrote:My view will be unpopular, but if you are special needs to the level of being non-verbal, maybe OA or any bilingual school is not for you...you may be better served in a dedicated special needs school with more therapists and specialists. And the public at large may be better served financially, vs keeping a large staff 20+ to serve 8 kids in one facility. (I don't mean non-verbal ala Stephen Hawkings)

And because of the IDEA Act, your view doesn't matter. Cheers!

If this is true, I hope the families seek legal recourse.

Anonymous wrote:My view will be unpopular, but if you are special needs to the level of being non-verbal, maybe OA or any bilingual school is not for you...you may be better served in a dedicated special needs school with more therapists and specialists. And the public at large may be better served financially, vs keeping a large staff 20+ to serve 8 kids in one facility. (I don't mean non-verbal ala Stephen Hawkings)

Your view is not unpopular, it would be illegal to put into practice in 2015. All publicschools must meet the needs of students in the least restrictive setting (not segregated schools or classrooms) whenever possible under the law.

I'm a parent of 2 students who attended LAMB. One had serious language/based disabilities (articulation issues, not cognitive) and he was supported well there. LAMB has proven to me and others that inclusion can be done very well within an immersion setting. They hired bilingual support staff and specialists (OT, SLP, psychologists) and intervened early and often and included parents in every decision.

If these serious allegations have any merit the families need to be consulting lawyers or ask for a federal Dept of Ed investigation.

My view will be unpopular, but if you are special needs to the level of being non-verbal, maybe OA or any bilingual school is not for you...you may be better served in a dedicated special needs school with more therapists and specialists. And the public at large may be better served financially, vs keeping a large staff 20+ to serve 8 kids in one facility. (I don't mean non-verbal ala Stephen Hawkings)

Ok, now I see the connection between the comments at the (now deleted) end of the other Oyster thread (regarding the molesting Mr. Pena) and this one. The OP dislikes the new principal/admin. because of how they have handled special needs students. As an Oyster parent, I would really like to know more about all threes sides of the story--Oyster's admins., the special needs students/families and the truth.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

On the last very few days I heard that the administration is trying to get rid of inclusion kids. Have anybody heard anything?

I seriously doubt it. Next year's budget preserves funding for the special ed teachers.

how do you know? Is the budget public?

The OA budget released by DCPS stated that OA gets less money for special Ed

http://dcps.dc.gov/DCPS/Files/downloads/ABOUT%20DCPS/Budget%20-%20Finance/FY16%20documents/Final%20School%20Allocations-FY16/DCPS-OYSTERADAMS-Allocation-FY16.pdf

Anonymous wrote:

On the last very few days I heard that the administration is trying to get rid of inclusion kids. Have anybody heard anything?

I seriously doubt it. Next year's budget preserves funding for the special ed teachers.

how do you know? Is the budget public?

It wouldn't surprise me!!! The new principal isn't great.

On the last very few days I heard that the administration is trying to get rid of inclusion kids. Have anybody heard anything?

I seriously doubt it. Next year's budget preserves funding for the special ed teachers.

Anonymous wrote:A little more background OP?

In the last week at least 3 families with kids with special needs have wrote emails to other OA families saying goodbye and stating that "the new administration doesn't want to include kids with special needs" and therefore they have lo leave.

It would not surprise me....

A little more background OP?

Why?

On the last very few days I heard that the administration is trying to get rid of inclusion kids. Have anybody heard anything?