Another Pencader board member bites the dust! Leaves board with no quorum

Posted on June 11, 2012 by kilroysdelaware
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  1. John Young, on June 11, 2012 at 5:57 pm said:

    Reblogged this on Transparent Christina and commented:
    Wow, what a mess. Though, we have been calling it for some time here. More mess to come. Next month, scandalous hearing in the offing.

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  2. John Young, on June 11, 2012 at 5:58 pm said:

    So, now that the Board is legally paralyzed, what will the authorizer do?

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  3. kilroysdelaware, on June 11, 2012 at 8:17 pm said:

    “what will the authorizer do?”

    Its summertime and DOE Dan puts his critical thinking skills on the back-burner. All they need now is a special ed lawsuit.

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  4. John Young, on June 11, 2012 at 8:54 pm said:

    From What I hear, the SPEC ED dept at DEDOE is asking for massive FAPE lawsuits. Lookout, Matt Denn and Quinn Johnson will be knockin’ soon!

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  5. kilroysdelaware, on June 11, 2012 at 9:17 pm said:

    Yep and Lil knew it was the right time to book-out!

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  6. susan, on June 13, 2012 at 11:54 pm said:

    John Young,

    “From What I hear, the SPEC ED dept at DEDOE is asking for massive FAPE lawsuits. Lookout, Matt Denn and Quinn Johnson will be knockin’ soon!”

    Exactly, what do you mean by this??????

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  7. John Young, on June 14, 2012 at 12:13 am said:

    I mean that there is solid intelligence in the field that Special Education lawsuits and Due Process hearings are on the rise in Delaware, significantly. My reference to those two gentlemen is that they are tireless supporters of SPEC ED students and have a keen interest in it.

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  8. susan, on June 14, 2012 at 9:50 pm said:

    John Young, what is wrong with that?

    The fact that these lawsuits on are on the rise is because parents finally have access to lawyers that practice special education in Delaware. Prior to this it was very difficult for parents to get schools to follow state and federal laws when educating their children with special needs.

    I have a child with a learning disability where the IEP team determined that she needed 3 hours of special ed a week. As of December, she had not had ONE hour of instruction. NOT one hour! She was falling further behind, and her self esteem was taking a nose dive. YES, we spent thousands of our own money to remediate her as well.

    I finally begged the Spec ED director to give her just one hour per week as required by her IEP, and we would be happy. She refused!!!

    The reason there are Spec ED laws:

    (c) Findings.–Congress finds the following:
    l(1) …..Improving educational results for children with disabilities is an essential element of our national policy of ensuring equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency for individuals with disabilities.
    § 1400.(c)(1)

    Also look at:

    To ensure that all children with disabilities have available to them a free appropriate public education…. designed to meet their unique needs and …
    prepare them for further education, employment, and independent living;
    34 CFR 300.1(a)

    If we do not prepare these kids for employment, independent living and future education…….who do you think will pay the rest of their lives??????

    Society!! Social Security Disability and SSI, etc.

    I am so thankful for state officials like Denn and Johnson. They understand this…and can see past the here and now.

    If schools would do the right thing, and stop wasting our tax dollars by denying kids help…just because they can…..there would not be a need for lawsuits.

    They are paying out the nose in lawsuits that if they had just done the right thing in the beginning SEVERAL kids could have been helped! The comp ed fund my daughter has could have paid a teacher’s salary in part for the year! Think of how many kids could have been helped.

    THE problem is the schools and the school boards do not get it!

    Denn and Johnson do get it. They understand what Congress intended!!! Obviously, you do not!

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  9. John Young, on June 14, 2012 at 10:01 pm said:

    Susan, you could misread me more:

    I love Matt Denn and Quinn Johnson.
    My son has autism
    My son has an IEP
    I think any schools that do not serve children with disabilites should be sued and lose!
    I agree with you 100%, so I’m not sure how you misread me. I meant that Quinn and Matt wll be knockin’ on Pencader and anyone else’s door that is failing these special kids.

    Trust me, I get it. I fight for accurate Manifest Determination meetings on code of conduct violations, my district runs two statewide programs for special kids in DAP and DSD: Autism and Deaf.

    Sorry for any misunderstanding. Come to our meetings and see me for yourself when we confront these issues. I am out in front, not behind and I challenge you to ask around about my committment to SPEC ED.

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  10. John Young, on June 14, 2012 at 10:02 pm said:

    Susan, you couldn’t misread me more:

    I love Matt Denn and Quinn Johnson.
    My son has autism
    My son has an IEP
    I think any schools that do not serve children with disabilites should be sued and lose!
    I agree with you 100%, so I’m not sure how you misread me. I meant that Quinn and Matt wll be knockin’ on Pencader and anyone else’s door that is failing these special kids.

    Trust me, I get it. I fight for accurate Manifest Determination meetings on code of conduct violations, my district runs two statewide programs for special kids in DAP and DSD: Autism and Deaf.

    Sorry for any misunderstanding. Come to our meetings and see me for yourself when we confront these issues. I am out in front, not behind and I challenge you to ask around about my committment to SPEC ED.

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  11. susan, on June 15, 2012 at 12:43 am said:

    John,

    Please accept my apologies. It really sounded like you were being sarcastic towards them.

    Again, I am very sorry.

    Take care!

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  12. susan, on June 15, 2012 at 10:18 am said:

    John,

    I also have a son with Autism. I’m sorry if I was a bit sensitive. I have just been through the wringer (and so has my kids).

    I see our education system wasting mega bucks because of arrogant SE teachers and directors. They know that they have the power to say yes and no to parents and kids. If you challenge them, they don’t like it. They then make this a nasty game of lying and cheating to cover up the child’s issues….just so they can be right.

    It goes unchecked because they never are held accountable for it, and they know it. If a parent suits, they suit the district…never the arrogant team members or SE directors. As a parent…heck…as a taxpayer, it is an atrocity!!

    Please know that I have the upmost respect for teachers, they have on of the hardest jobs in the world. I am not talking about teachers. I am talking specifically about the state of special education. :(

    Again, I am sorry for jumping to conclusions.

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