http://www.lowellsun.com/todaysheadlines/ci_16122745
Our children deserve better. The money spent on litigation at our expense...and harassment...at our expense...and retaliation...need I go on. The money could go into feeding, educating and accepting ALL of our people. Does this discrimination ring a bell? We as a community allow the fear of the unknown exclude our children. We pinhole success and create mediocrity, rather than a place for success on an individual level. What taxpayers need to know is that thier money is not being spent on our kids. It is being spent on lawyers and administrator who band together, pat one another's rear ends and create ways to save one another's rear ends...none of which actually EDUCATE our kids or our communities on how to be compassionate, inclusive and expressive. When will we, the voters, say, "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!" Are we even being taught how to change the system, through actual knowledge of the very system we supposedly create thru our votes. WAKE UP. Talk to one another. Research. The myth is that our kids are exhausting the budget, the reality is, that those responsible for the budget, Special Education Administrators and their hopefuls, are mis-managing the budget and overspending on their defense, rather than proactively being on the cutting edge. 1.2 million dollars on out-of-district placement in private schools, and 35 thousand dollars on litigation expenses...half of which were instigated by the district...all of this spent by our little itty bitty school district last year. Think how that money could have bettered OUR community...OUR kids...OUR educators...OUR economy. Not to mention the negativity, damaged relationships and overall exhaustion caused the families whom are already pressed to the wall on every level. As the article says...this is harassment, illegal, and a blatant abuse of the law. You are funding criminal activity against my family and many others. Would you allow this to happen to your family? Please PLEASE...recognize this abuse of power and be the change...stand up for the people without a voice. Literally, I feel like I am representing my nonverbal son...but no one will hear my voice either...especially not the school distict administrators. Inclusion Revolution is complex and coming to your community...be involved, not left behind.
