Comments on: High court to weigh special ed funding case http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/04/27/supreme-court-15069/ Disability News | PatriciaEBauer.com Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:50:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michelle http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/04/27/supreme-court-15069/comment-page-1/#comment-4105 Michelle Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:41:15 +0000 http://www.patriciaebauer.com/?p=15069#comment-4105 As someone who is in the public school trenches I can tell you that many times the private programs are not superior, and many times can be inferior to school programs. Some parents believe that anything provided through the public school system can never be as good as something private. Due to that belief and lawyers, a few parents refuse to accept public school services and demand private services. Where I work this has cost the school district approximately $1,000,000 this year alone. That figure is for private services to less than 20 children in the entire school district. I find this revolting as I believe it is taking money that could be better spent on all children, rather than a few who have lawyers. As someone who is in the public school trenches I can tell you that many times the private programs are not superior, and many times can be inferior to school programs.

Some parents believe that anything provided through the public school system can never be as good as something private. Due to that belief and lawyers, a few parents refuse to accept public school services and demand private services.

Where I work this has cost the school district approximately $1,000,000 this year alone. That figure is for private services to less than 20 children in the entire school district. I find this revolting as I believe it is taking money that could be better spent on all children, rather than a few who have lawyers.

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