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SKIP: Barnstead School Adopts DCYF “Steamroll Parents” Model – Part V

September 19, 2026 Skip

Previous: Part I, Part II, Part III, and Part IV. I have tried to serialize this misbegotten behavior by SAU86, which I will bring mostly to a close soon. However, the “steamroll” part of the title. DCYF (NH Department of Children, Youth and Family) is supposed to protect children mostly from really bad and abusive … Read more

SKIP: Barnstead School Adopts DCYF “Steamroll Parents” Model – Part IV

September 13, 2026 Skip

Sorry for the delay from Part III (here are Part 1 and Part 2), but I need to let you know that I started this process to get this little Foster guy the Special Education services that he needed AND WHICH ARE MANDATED BY LAW that the District of Liability (“DoL”) shall provide to him. … Read more

SKIP: Barnstead School Adopts DCYF “Steamroll Parents” Model – Part III

September 6, 2026 Skip

Now It Gets Interesting – Lying During the Initial Meeting I had trepidations going into the video meeting to establish whether or not the boy required Special Education Services. Sure, they were told that evaluations had already been done, with what I categorized at the time as a “haughty nose in the air as if … Read more

SKIP: Barnstead School Adopts DCYF “Steamroll Parents” Model – Part II

September 5, 2026September 5, 2026 Skip

So onward with Part 2. Still a wee bit of a lead-up to read through to let you all understand that a number of cases that DCYF MUST take on aren’t all that straightforward. Thus, I’m only concentrating on the Barnstead District and our two Littles and the Special Education services they both needed. Two … Read more

SKIP: Barnstead School Adopts the DCYF “Steamroll Parents” Model

September 5, 2026September 4, 2026 Skip

Getting Back Into the Swing: It’s been a while since I last set fingers to type here but with our two Littles (the DCYF lingo – very young children, 2 & 4 for us, that are placed with Foster Parents) now having been reunited with their Mom (a VERY good thing as she worked her … Read more

So, What Did I Learn Today At The Grandson’s Second IEP? That None Of Us Need To Accept Edu-babble.

June 8, 2023 Skip

You can’t manage what you can’t measure” – especially if you don’t know what the measurements are measuring. For years, TMEW and I have had to deal with IEPs – Individual Education Plans. For some kiddos, it is for academic reasons (some of which are beyond their control). Others, it’s because of behavioral issues. For … Read more

PARENTS of Children With IEP’s: Some Important Information

April 8, 2022April 7, 2022 Ann Marie Banfield

We Have Always Heard That Public Schools Have to Accept Every Student. It’s a Lie. And My Daughter Is Proof.

September 21, 2021 Op-Ed

In the spring of 2020, at my daughter’s annual Individualized Education Program (IEP) meeting, the Timberlane School District proposed that my daughter receive parts of her education in their learning center/ resource room. As an equal decision-making member of my daughter’s education plan, I was not in agreement with the IEP Team proposal.

Iron Triangles Do Exist In NH – More so Than Ever in Education

April 22, 2021 Steve MacDonald

The Iron Triangle, House of Cards, and the Burden of Proof In United States politics, the “iron triangle” comprises the policy-making relationship among the congressional committees, the bureaucracy, and interest groups, as described in 1981 by Gordon Adams.