Re: Disneyland Fastpasses for the kinda - sorta SPECIAL NEEDS

On Mar 5, 11:09 am, "Ed" <fri...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Amigoid" <lbrown-amig...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

Early intervention through special
education is critical for a childs future success.  I have a son with
Asbergers, and he needed special assistance.  By setting up an
individualized education plan, he was able to develop better learning
skills and now he is a A student in regular classes.
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How long was he in special ed?
Do you have any idea how much your son cost the system?
Do you care?

I think the answers to the second and third question is no. You are looking
out for your special interest and I'm looking out for mine.

The problem is that the public sector can't be all things to all people.
You said: "Your answer suggests that you don't have a clear idea of the
problem,
beyond what your tax bill is."

I understand that a special needs child can cost up to ten or even more
times as much as a mainstream student. I understand that special ed is only
partially funded by the state and that if a small community has even a few
special ed kids it can put an enormous stain on the system.

I'm happy that your son turned out fine but, like college, the financial
burden should have been yours.
People that have kids with special needs shouldn't be immediately put on
community welfare.


Do you know how much it costs the fire department to put out that
kitchen fire?

I pay taxes for that too, but I don't think they say "Well, you are
only allowed 25 gallons of water and 2 firemen for your share."

The education system is a protected monopoly with no way for me to
recoup money put into the system so that I can use it for special ed.
So if I want to get private education, I have to pay for it twice.
OR... I can use the programs the schools put into place to protect
their monopoly, and set up an individualized instruction program.
The cost of entry level aide to sit in with a student to help them
learn how to learn is less than its costing me to pay for a tenured
administrator that is just riding out their time, thinking up new ways
to celebrate politically correct agendas that have no basis on
fundamentals.

My point is that the programs are already in place, and are available
to anyone who can demonstrate a need. The schools don't want kids to
be pulled out of the machine, shoot in California, the school systems
just lobbied to make it much harder for parents to home school. They
want that tax money.

If I am stuck in a resturant that has generally blah service, and I
can't get a refund so I can take my business elsewhere, I'm going to
do all I can to make sure I get my money's worth. Do you realize
what the cost associated with a regular student is? And comparing
that with the average grades and you have a lousy ROI. My wife works
part time so that she sees the kids off to school, is there at home
when they get out, and the kids have no TV/computer/arcade privileges
until after all homework is done. My aspbergers son often stays late
at school to work on his homework and takes advantage of any
opportunity to do extra credit work to improve his grades.

Your suggestion that it costs ten times as much to work with a special
ed kid only reenforces my assertion that the system is broken. I
don't agree with the numbers about costs, but barring hard numbers/
statistics, we can probably agree that no matter if its a regular
student or a special ed student, the costs involved, especially
administrative, are not in line with the general output. Taxpayers
are paying more now for less, so I don't have a problem with making
them earn their pay.
.

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