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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
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
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
There are many reasons behind the escalating costs in special education. It’s easy to blame the federal government for failing to fund its promised share under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), but that’s only part of the story. There are serious, fixable issues at the local level that are driving costs through the … Read more