On The Flip Side of Yesterday
While yesterday I posted about a ruling where scholarships for kids with disabilities was found to be constitutional, I also was shared an article about a friend of mine. Her son has special needs. She hired an advocate. She hired an attorney. In fact, she hired the same advocate and attorney as I did. Her case went to court. She won. And now the district is suing her because they say they shouldn’t have to pay for her son’s private school tuition. The district is now appealing, arguing that the judge didn’t have adequate evidence to overrule the district’s decision to place her son at a school within their district.
I really didn’t think there was a special education department more screwed up than ours. I was wrong.
Please take a few minutes and read Krystal and her son’s story. It’s a story that’s becoming all too familiar. Don’t you think?
wow is all I can say… The ugly comments at the end of the story….
Look who Krystal’s attorney is! I think Amy is up for the challenge!! The Deer Valley School District Clearly does not know who they are dealing with…but, they will find out!
So sad (shaking my head). Sometimes I wonder if the district truly can’t see that isn’t providing FAPE (which makes one want to ask: how st_p_d are they?).
If they don’t want to shell out the money, then they should figure out what FAPE for an autistic child looks like, and then keep looking some more (as we know one size doesn’t fit all).
Someday (in my perfect world), a good education will not be dependent upon money and whether one has it or not (Dr. Seuss & the Sneetches).
Someday . . .
No kidding…I read them today. And I left my own comment on page 6.
Very true.
Very true. In our perfect world!
Krystal and her son will prevail because they have Amy to advocate for them; and they are in the right!! It makes me crazy how people with the money think they can make the best decisions for everyone else!!
They are in good hands.